R (on the application of Quintavalle) v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

ABSTRACT

KIE Court Decision [2005] 2 All England Law Reports 555; 2005 Apr 28 (date of decision). The House of Lords affirmed the Court of Appeal, which held that both pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and HLA typing of an embryo may be used to determine the suitability of an embryo for transfer, as determined by a particular mother. The mother in this case wished to use in vitro fertilization to conceive a child that could be a compatible stem cell donor for her son who suffered from beta thalassemia.^ieng