Couple lead way in cystic fibrosis tests

AN East Lothian couple have become the first in the country to undergo fertility screening to prevent their son being born with cystic fibrosis.

Lee and Stephen Smith were one of three couples to take advantage of the IVF-style tests, which screen for single gene disorders.

Baby Thomas was born on November 14 last year and, after a final set of tests, doctors at the Western General confirmed he does not have the condition.

Stephen, 37, and Lee, 40, said when their first child, Eden, four, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, the pair had no idea they were both carriers of the "faulty gene" which causes it.