Talk:Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

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Strike through when completed References in the text must be listed in a separate section - this looks like a copyvio without the references links to pubmed have been added Cspits 15:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC) Wikify* There is a lot of jargon still, such as "monogenic", needs turning into plain English

[edit] How many PGDs have been done until now?

It would be useful to provide some information in the article about the following: - data about how often it has been applied worldwide until now. To my knowledge until 2002 it has been applied only around 2000 - 5000 times totally. So it seems to be still very much experimental. However, I do not have to recent number.

[edit] Costs of PGD

- data about the costs of PGD (several thousand US-Dollar)

PCR is much more expensive and time intensive than FISH.

http://www.doctorslounge.com/fertility/articles/pgd/pgd_technique/index.htm (already cited) puts it at around $20,000 US. Jɪmp 21:47, 11 December 2007 (UTC)