India's first babies to be born without a hereditary cancer-causing gene

How can one prevent against cancer? By removing the trouble-making gene before it enters the world

When Firuza Parikh first met Bengaluru-based Swayamprabha and Debashis Panigrahi at her clinic in Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital, the couple was in the throes of a dilemma. Swayamprabha had already suffered three miscarriages. In addition, she was dealing with the burden of her family’s history of cancer. Her mother was battling ovarian cancer and her uncle prostate cancer. She had already lost her two maternal aunts to breast cancer. This tough medical history made Swayamprabha, now 38, apprehensive about bringing children into the world. After months and knocking on the doors  of hospitals in Bengaluru, the couple finally turned to Parikh,