Introduction to Biotechnology 3rd Edition by William Thieman ,Michael Palladino

Exercise 2

"Last September a little girl from California named Molly received a lifesaving transplant of umbilical cord blood from her newborn brother, Adam. Molly, who was then 8 years old, suffered from a potentially fatal genetic blood disorder known as Fanconi anemia. But what made the procedure particularly unusual was that Adam might not have been born had his sister not been sick. He was conceived through in vitro fertilization, and physicians specifically selected his embryo from a group of others for implantation into his mother's womb after tests showed that he would not have the disease and he would be the best tissue match for Molly." Was this ethical