In Iran, no more children are born with Down Syndrome

Publié le 18 Dec, 2018

In Iran, the birth of babies diagnosed with Down’s syndrome has almost stopped. According to Mahmoud Tavallaei, director of the Iranian Genetics Society of Iran, “Over the past few years, only one baby has been born with Down syndrome in 700 to 1,000 births in Iran”. It is the increasingly widespread and effective prenatal diagnostic tests that are slowly leading to the eradication of this population.

 

Further reading:

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Iran Front Page (03/12/2018)

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