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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Couple sues fertility clinic after giving birth to son with cancer gene

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A couple has sued a fertility clinic in California claiming that it transplanted an embryo with a cancer mutation during an IVF process even though the couple had warned them against it.

Jason and Melissa Diaz state in the Los Angeles legal filing that the HRC Fertility clinic has demonstrated a “tragic pattern” of using eggs, sperm, and embryos “in a manner contrary to its patients’ instructions” and that the clinic withheld information from clients.

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