Hong Kong genome study will help free babies born through artificial fertility treatments from more hereditary diseases, experts say

A genomic study of Hongkongers could help weed out more hereditary diseases in babies born through artificial fertility treatments, according to experts.The large-scale study, part of the government’s blueprint announced last month to boost the city’s knowledge base in genomic medicine, comes as more women in Hong Kong have sought reproductive technology to give birth in recent years. The annual number of women undergoing in vitro fertilisation tripled from 2,415 in 2009 to 7,995 in 2018,…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3087867/hong-kong-genome-study-will-help-free-babies-born