Jamie Talan

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IVF used by some to avoid passing on genetic diseases to offspring

Some couples with muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and other such ailments undergo in vitro fertilization and preimplantation genetic testing to find disease-free embryos.

Doctors said the boy was suffering from teenage psychosis. What he really had was a rare genetic condition.

His hallucinations were misdiagnosed as a psychiatric condition, leading to dangerous treatment.