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Fri 01 Jan 2009UK's first genetically selected baby born
The first British baby genetically selected to be free of a breast cancer gene has been born, doctors said today. She grew from an embryo screened to ensure it did not contain the faulty BRCA 1 gene, which passes the risk of breast cancer down generations.
University College London said the mother and her little girl were doing “very well”.
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