IVF to wipe out BCRA-1?

I read an interesting article tonight about wiping out the breast cancer gene.

A man in the UK has the BCRA gene, as do other members of his family. His mother, sister, grandmother and cousin all had breast cancer, some as young as 27. When the man and his wife were ready to have children they decided to try to eliminate the possibility of birthing a child who also had the gene.

The wife opted for in vitro fertilization and had the embryos screened for the gene. Out of the 11 embryos tested, six were positive. The woman had two clean eggs implanted and froze two others to be used at a later date.

The part of this article that was so exciting to me was this:

By screening out embryos carrying the gene, called BRCA-1, the couple, from London, will eliminate the hereditary disease from their lineage.

Yes, IVF is expensive and very stressful but what a wonderful gift to pass on to your children. I wish that mother a very healthy pregnancy and three cheers for her smarts.