We have ever talked about the advantages of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (DGP), a technique that is performed by in vitro fertilization through which embryos that could contain a genetic disease are detected and healthy ones are selected to be introduced into the mother's uterus.
In this way it has been avoided that many children inherit some genetic diseases that their parents suffer. We have echoed the case of a baby born free of breast cancer and another released from Huntington's disease that he would inherit from his parents.
Today the news is that the first baby free of osteogenesis imperfecta was born in Spain, also known as crystal bone disease characterized by multiple fractures, which affects her mother and several members of her family.
The probability that a baby inherits this disease from its parents is 50%, while the alterations can range from a predisposition to fractures, short stature, to very severe skeletal deformations and even perinatal death.
The process has been long and not easy for parents because they started the adventure in February 2006, two and a half years ago. But happily the girl was born free from evil, which was the goal to be achieved.
Of course, advances in science never cease to surprise us. It is a clear example of science at the service of man. This technique, which could be described as miraculous, allows parents to do what any parent would do if they had the possibility: to prevent our children from inheriting our diseases.
