A British woman has made history by conceiving the country’s first ‘designer baby’ guaranteed to be free from hereditary breast cancer. Using controversial screening techniques, doctors rejected six embryos which tested positive for the cancer gene in favour of ‘healthy’ ones to ensure the child would not contract the disease. The 27-year-old, who wishes to remain anonymous, is now 14 weeks pregnant with her first child after she was implanted with two of the cleared embryos. She chose to go through the procedure because her husband had tested positive for the gene and his grandmother, mother, sister and cousin had all battled breast cancer. Only one other woman is believed to have become pregnant after undergoing the same screening technique, called pre-implantation diagnosis (PGD). Critics claim it is unethical because it means viable embryos are destroyed. There are also fears it could lead to the creation of ‘designer babies’ that are chosen for their looks or intelligence. The British woman said she felt she had to go through the invasive IVF treatment even though she and her husband are fertile in order to try and safeguard her child. She said: ‘For the past […]