Five-month-old Lucas Neagu had a high chance of inheriting a muscle weakening disease which runs in his family.<br /><br />But his parents underwent pioneering embryo screening treatment meaning he will never suffer from the condition and 200 other genetic disorders.<br /><br />Mum Carmen Neagu, 27, saw her father suffer with Charcot-Marie-Tooth(CMT) disease and was worried Lucas would inherit it after being told he had a 50 per cent chance of developing it if she conceived naturally.<br /><br />But Carmen and husband Gabriel, 31, were selected to be the first couple to receive the new treatment at a London clinic.<br /><br />The specialist procedure selected out around 200 genetic conditions from the embryos including Down's Syndrome.
