Saviour Siblings

The story of a young boy with a dangerous blood condition, whose parents want to have another child in order to save their son. Should they be allowed?

Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points.

"Saviour siblings" refers to babies born to provide life-saving treatment for their older siblings.

Debate rages as to the ethics of creating a life to save an existing one.

To ensure a tissue match, IVF treatment is used to create embryos which can then be scanned to identify a match.

The scan is currently not permitted for the purpose of matching tissue in the UK.

A Twig Context Film.
Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show abstract concepts in action in the real world.