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Health Care & Hospital Law

Mar. 2, 2023

Couple alleges embryo transplant with cancer gene was hidden

Adam B. Wolf and Melisa A. Rosadini-Knott represent the plaintiffs in the lawsuit accusing Huntington Reproductive Center Medical Group of falsely stating that an embryo without the stomach cancer mutation was available as requested, but then moving forward with an embryo with the mutation against their wishes.

A couple who sought in vitro fertilization to avoid passing on the father's genetic mutation for stomach cancer are suing the reproductive center, claiming that it wrongly implanted in the mother's uterus an embryo that had tested positive for that very mutation and then concealed that information from its clients.

Adam B. Wolf and Melisa A. Rosadini-Knott of Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise LLP in Los Angeles represent the plainti...

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