Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is a proven, safe and applied technique in Colombia that allows us to provide security to couples in front of a healthy baby at home.

Chinese scientist He Jiankui claims to have given life to the first genetically modified babies. Lulu and Nana were born according to him several weeks ago and claims that they are in perfect health. The specialist used the CRISPR technique designed for gene editing in order to mutate a gene and to make babies resistant against the HIV virus.

Shenzhen’s scientific authorities claim that they never received the necessary request to carry out the test, and have opened an investigation in this regard. Different pronunciations have been made by scientists and legal experts, regarding the conduct of the investigator in which a serious ethical and legal violation is indicated.

Additionally, this research has not been able to be verified and is not in the process of being published in any scientific journal with a peer review process.

While the genetic edition remains highly experimental and the consequences that the baby may bring in the short and long term is widely unknown; In Reprotec and in different scientific areas worldwide, techniques are already applied that allow determining the genetic status of the embryo before its implantation.

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis PGD allows to detect diseases in genes. Using the PGS or PGT-A techniques, it is possible to diagnose the embryos that are affected by some anomaly in the number and shape of the chromosomes in order to make a selection of embryos that allows the transfer to the womb of those who are completely healthy,without performing any type of manipulation or genetic alteration.