Fragile X Syndrome and effects on learning and development “Fragile X syndrome is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability” (Lizbeth H. Finestack, 2009). A single gene mutation on the X chromosome causes the syndrome. It affects about 1 in 4,000 males and 1 in 6,000 to 8,000 females. (Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and, 2006). Fragile X syndrome, also known as Martin-Bell syndrome, was named after two men, Martin and Bell, who discovered, in 1943, that the condition is X-linked
Designer babies are new and a very unique procedure to have been able to be done. Designer babies is a procedure, when the parents have decided to change a baby's genes for health purposes or in some cases changing their appearance. The first ever designer baby was Adam Nash. They used what is called the pre-implantation process which is Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD or PDGS) refers to the genetic profiling of embryos prior to implantation, and sometimes even of oocytes prior to fertilization