Rocío Núñez Calonge

Rocío Núñez Calonge

Rocío Núñez Calonge
Position

Scientific Director of the UR International Group and Coordinator of the Ethics Group of the Spanish Fertility Society

Reaction: new technique allows sperm to be selected for sex selection

Researchers in the United States have tested a new technique to select sperm and thereby increase the chances that the embryo will be of either sex. The proven efficacy is around 80 %. Although some countries such as the United States allow this type of procedure, in Spain it is prohibited except in cases of prevention of diseases linked to sex chromosomes. The authors of the article state that sperm selection is more ethically acceptable than embryo selection. The results are published in the journal PLOS ONE.

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