Ocata Therapeutics Inc fka OCAT

[scandal]

What is going on here with all these people coming out of the woodwork to misrepresent policy and science?


"Once you remove that cell which could be vital DNA for organ development the embryo will never develop to be normal. This is why they are destroyed. "

Absolutely 100% false. Removing the cell happens in IVF all the time, and guess what, the babies are born just fine. There's evidence to suggest that development slows temporarily as the embryo recovers, but it develops fine, and the result is perfectly normal.

http://www.dnapolicy.org/images/issuebriefpdfs/Embryo_Biopsy_Issue_Brief.pdf

"Two to four days after fertilization, the embryo usually consists of approximately eight cells. For PGD, one or two cells can be removed from this embryo and subjected to genetic tests. Once the results of the genetic tests are known, the embryos determined
to contain the desired genetic characteristics – generally those not carrying particular mutations associated with disease – are transferred into a woman’s uterus to start a pregnancy. Since it was first made available in the early 1990s, there have been more
than 1000 births worldwide following PGD."