baby of couple carrying rare disease born healthy after revolutionary treatment

Irish baby of couple carrying rare disease born healthy after revolutionary treatment

Emma and John with their older two daughters

An Irish baby, whose parents are the carriers of an extremely rare disease, is the first to be born healthy as a result of a revolutionary treatment.

Emma and John O'Connor, who live in east Cork, are both carriers of mucolipidosis.
Their first child Aoibhe was born with the disease, but their second daughter Lauren was not.
They underwent pre-implantation genetic diagnosis - or PGD treatment - and their third child, Megan, was born free of the disease last month as a result.
first source: ireland