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;archers say technique lets parents choose sex of baby
icoust' )lt( FAX, \ >i. (AP) Fertility iv
>e'sat9p.r :s say they are successfully
al smg-a- prospective parents fulfill
arthgate. >ams in selecting whether to
)aby Michelle or Michael,
anacous:: technique involves identi-
iat9:30p. nd separating sperm cells
irry the Y chromosome,
tlirtl'U P r °d uces males, from
4 ■ hat carry the female-pro-
“nf 12 ^ c l lromosome -
"P 1, Id ward Fugger of the Genet-
hmandb:^ /F Institute said today that
3lt iy at FiD ells can be segregated by the
t of DNA they contain before
an alter; used to fertilize an egg
veet Eugf: i artificial insemination.
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Y-chromosome sperm has
vent less genetic material
erm with the X chromosome,
marchers were able to sift
to produce samples in which
ent of the cells had an X chro-
|ie. If they targeted Y-bearing
the result was a sperm sam-
“They’re doing very
important research,
but its a matter of
what they're using it
for that worries me."
— Dr. Jamie Grifo
Director of reproductive
endocrinology, New York
University Medical School
pie in which 65 percent of the cells
contained a Y chromosome. The
New York Times reported today.
The institute said 29 women
who wanted to have girls became
pregnant. So far, nine of those
women have given birth to 11
healthy baby girls, including two
sets of twins, the institute said. The
oldest girl is 2 1/2 years old.
One of the women still pregnant
is carrying a boy, Fugger said.
A study of couples wanting boys
produced results consistent with
what the sperm sorting would pre
dict, Fugger said. Exact results
were not released.
Dr. Jamie Grifo, director of repro
ductive endocrinology at New York
University Medical School, is appre
hensive about the way the institute
is using the sperm-sorting method.
Grifo has been using an entirely
different technique to choose the
gender of an embryo since 1992
and said NYU applies the technol
ogy only to prevent gender-based
diseases such as hemophilia and
Duchenne muscular dystrophy,
which only appear in males.
“They’re doing very important
research but it’s a matter of what
they’re using it for that worries
me,” Grifo said. “I don’t think we
should be doing sex selection.”
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