The Severe SMA Disease Was Screened Out From the Embryo, and the Baby Boy Was Born Healthy in Semmelweis

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This modern diagnostic method became available in Hungary for the first time at Semmelweisen.

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The little boy was conceived through artificial insemination so that doctors could screen for the SMA disease that runs in the family while he was still an embryo.

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A baby boy conceived through artificial insemination so that doctors could screen for the hereditary disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in the family while still in embryo stage has been born healthy and is doing well. The test was performed at Semmelweis University, the first of its kind in Hungary.

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A so-called preimplantation genetic test was performed on the already fertilized egg.

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Semmelweis is a medical success story: severe SMA disease was screened in a test tube, and a healthy little boy was born - A healthy little boy was born in a family affected by SMA with pre-implantation genetic screening, entirely funded by the state.