CYSTIC-FIBROSIS, DUCHENNE MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY AND PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic disease among Caucasia ns. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most common X-link ed genetic disorders, The CF and DMD genes were discovered a few years ago, which provided the possibility for prenatal diagnosis and preimp lantation diagnosis of CF and DMD by using specific DNA analysis, In t his article, CF, DMD, the process of the identification of the genes o f CF and DMD and preimplantation genetic diagnosis are briefly describ ed.