London, June 19: Britain`s first genetic "designer" baby has been born to a couple desperate to cure their young son who has a rare form of anaemia, a British daily said today. Jamie Whitaker was delivered by caesarean section on Monday after being genetically matched, while still an In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) embryo, to his four-year-old brother Charlie, the daily mail tabloid said.

The youngster has the rare Diamond Blackfan Anaemia which only a transplant of stem cells from a sibling with a perfect tissue match can cure.

His parents, Jayson and Michelle, travelled to the reproductive genetics institute in Chicago for treatment after being refused permission to genetically select a tissue match embryo by Britain`s fertility and embryology watchdog, the daily mail reported.
Bureau Report