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Children of the future having DNA from 3 parents
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:28 am
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:28 am
Anyone feel strongly about this?
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's fertility regulator says controversial techniques to create embryos from the DNA of three people "do not appear to be unsafe" even though no one has ever received the treatment, according to a new report released Tuesday.
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LONDON (AP) -- Britain's fertility regulator says controversial techniques to create embryos from the DNA of three people "do not appear to be unsafe" even though no one has ever received the treatment, according to a new report released Tuesday.
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Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:30 am to mpar98
As long as it's a M, F, F 3 way, I'm cool with it.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:31 am to mpar98
What exactly would be the point of this?
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:31 am to Clyde Tipton
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As long as it's a M, F, F 3 way, I'm cool with it.
That's waaaayyyy to much crazy for 1 human to be created from.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:32 am to mpar98
PornHub tells me triple DNA exchanges happen all the time.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:33 am to WG_Dawg
Would this allow trait predictability to be easier? Making parents able to say they want a kid with blue eyes, blonde hair etc.?
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:34 am to belowmebama
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Would this allow trait predictability to be easier? Making parents able to say they want a kid with blue eyes, blonde hair etc.?
exactly
Marcy Darnovsky, of the Center for Genetics and Society in the U.S., warned that allowing embryos to be created this way might lead to a slippery slope and tempt scientists and parents to use the techniques to create designer babies with certain traits.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:42 am to WG_Dawg
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What exactly would be the point of this?
Everyone gets their mitochondria from their mother. Mother's with mitochondrial disease (which is its own, distinct DNA) can have their regular chromosomes implanted along with the husband's into a vacant (no DNA) donor egg that does not contain the faulty mitochondria, preventing (you guessed it) inheritable mitochondrial diseases in the offspring of women with mitochondrial diseases. Very niche market.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:43 am to belowmebama
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Would this allow trait predictability to be easier? Making parents able to say they want a kid with blue eyes, blonde hair etc.?
No. It would only increase the predictability of the presence or absence of mitochondrial disease in the offspring.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:06 pm to Hopeful Doc
I was thinking along the lines of creating a professional/division 1 athlete. If that's the case then my sperm is going to be in high demand.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:26 pm to mpar98
This is just stupid. Screwing around with nature can cause long term problems.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:34 pm to Isabelle
Yeah, to hell with getting rid of polio, small pox and various cancers among other things.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:39 pm to mpar98
Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:45 pm to theunknownknight
Some stars have 17 types on their face.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:47 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Yeah, to hell with getting rid of polio, small pox
We need to get past the anti-vaccination geniuses first.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:53 pm to belowmebama
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Making parents able to say they want a kid with blue eyes, blonde hair etc.?
Hey, that's what Hitler wanted.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:57 pm to boddagetta
What could possibly go wrong with that.
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