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UK set to be first country to allow creation of babies from 3 people
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:34 am
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:34 am
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The UK is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people.
In a free vote in the Commons, 382 MPs were in favour and 128 against the technique that stops genetic diseases being passed from mother to child.
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Mitochondria are the tiny compartments inside nearly every cell of the body that convert food into useable energy. They have their own DNA which does not affect characteristics such as appearance.
Defective mitochondria, which are passed down only from the mother, lead to brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness.
The technique uses a modified version of IVF to combine the DNA of the two parents with the healthy mitochondria of a donor woman.
It results in babies with 0.1% of their DNA from the second woman and is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.
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Other groups, including Human Genetics Alert, say the move would open the door to further genetic modification of children in the future - so-called designer babies, genetically modified for beauty, intelligence or to be free of disease.
David King, from the campaign group, said: "Once you cross the ethical line, it is very hard not to take the next step of designer babies."
BBC Article
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:35 am to GetCocky11
good. danny devito and arnold are getting old, time to replace them
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:35 am to GetCocky11
Mixing the Midichlorians is a very slippery slope.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:35 am to GetCocky11
stupid
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:36 am to GetCocky11
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creation of babies from 3 people
The Devil's work
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:37 am to GetCocky11
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David King, from the campaign group, said: "Once you cross the ethical line, it is very hard not to take the next step of designer babies
Agreed.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:40 am to Rickety Cricket
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The Devil's work
Does it have to be mfm?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:42 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:43 am to GetCocky11
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Other groups, including Human Genetics Alert, say the move would open the door to further genetic modification of children in the future - so-called designer babies, genetically modified for beauty, intelligence or to be free of disease.
I think this would be cool, straight out of the movie Gattaca.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:44 am to goldenbadger08
Whats wrong with designer babies? I wish my parents could have designed me haha.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:49 am to Boondock Saint
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Gattaca
First thing I thought about when reading the article.
They're doing it as a cure for disease. I'm down with that.
I am aware of the ethical slippery-slope as well, though.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:52 am to barry
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next step of designer babies
I wish I could have been designed without a bum heart. I don't really see the problem with "designer babies." We're all essentially designer babies. Animal mating is a rudimentary form of designing babies to produce the best offspring.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:58 am to BottomlandBrew
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I don't really see the problem with "designer babies."
The problem is that it devalues any life. Once the genie is out of the bottle, genetic modification leads to selective physical or biological traits. A designer society would be a scary place, especially for those lacking in the newly desired and engineered traits.
I already can't dunk, but make up for it with my sweet dance moves. I'm not going to be able to compete with designer me.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 11:00 am
Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:31 am to TJRibMe
This is a really bad idea.
Designing a person will not end well.
Designing a person will not end well.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:25 pm to Fat and Happy
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Designing a person will not end well.
Youve been to the future?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:28 pm to Hester Carries
So who gets to hit the shitter?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:30 pm to GetCocky11
I don't want to live on this planet anymore. There should be a different between "What can we do?" and "What should we do?"
But those are becoming the same thing.
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should." - Ian Malcolm, Jurrasic Park
But those are becoming the same thing.
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should." - Ian Malcolm, Jurrasic Park
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:38 pm to SwaggerCopter
Well the basis for what they are doing is to prevent mitochondrial disease.
I can certainly understand the apprehensiveness though. Absolutely.
I can certainly understand the apprehensiveness though. Absolutely.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:39 pm to GetCocky11
All evil starts with good intentions.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 1:41 pm to GetCocky11
DNA testing for criminal prosecution going to be fricked by this in 150 years?
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