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This case report describes the successful application of preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic diseases (PGT-M) to prevent the intergenerational transmission of a pathogenic\n                    <jats:italic>RS1<\/jats:italic>\n                    variant within a family. Prior to PGT-M, the family had a male child with XLRS who experienced bilateral visual impairment and metamorphopsia at 4 years of age. we employed next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify a single-nucleotide variant, c.187T&amp;gt;C (p. Cys63Arg; NM_000330.4), in\n                    <jats:italic>RS1<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Subsequently, we identified the mutation in the proband and his parents, which was confirmed by Sanger sequencing. In the PGT-M cycle, eight blastocysts were biopsied and analyzed using the \u201cMutated allele revealed by sequencing with aneuploidy and linkage analyses (MARSALA)\u201d platform. This involved whole-genome amplification via multiple annealing and looping-based amplification cycles (MALBAC), followed by next-generation sequencing for concurrent single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) haplotype analysis to track the mutant allele and comprehensive chromosomal copy number variation (CNV) screening. The analysis identified three euploid embryos (E1, E4 and E5) without the familial\n                    <jats:italic>RS1<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutation. A high-quality embryo (E1, 6AA) was transferred following genetic counseling, resulting in a clinical pregnancy. Mid-trimester amniocentesis confirmed a normal male karyotype and the absence of the pathogenic\n                    <jats:italic>RS1<\/jats:italic>\n                    variant, leading to the birth of a healthy baby. 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