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Currently they can and do screen for known mutations in IVF, but they don't correct them; they just filter out eggs that have them. Sperm can be tested, but I
by tempestn 4y ago
Currently they can and do screen for known mutations in IVF, but they don't correct them; they just filter out eggs that have them. Sperm can be tested, but I don't think it can be filtered.
- runnerup 4y agoIndeed it makes sense that testing the DNA of a sperm cell would necessarily destroy it.