Posted on 07/17/2018 6:51:08 AM PDT by Heartlander
The creation of babies whose DNA has been altered to give them what parents perceive to be the best chances in life has received a cautious green light in a landmark report from a leading UK ethics body.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics said that changing the DNA of a human embryo could be morally permissible if it was in the future childs interests and did not add to the kinds of inequalities that already divide society.
The report does not call for a change in UK law to permit genetically altered babies, but instead urges research into the safety and effectiveness of the approach, its societal impact, and a widespread debate of its implications.
It is our view that genome editing is not morally unacceptable in itself, said Karen Yeung, chair of the Nuffield working group and professor of law, ethics and informatics at the University of Birmingham. There is no reason to rule it out in principle.
But the report drew immediate criticism from some quarters, with one lobby group accusing the authors of opening the door to the unrestricted use of heritable genetic engineering, and an age of genetic haves and have-nots.
Recent advances in genetic technology have given scientists the tools to rewrite the DNA bound up in living cells, letter by letter. With the procedures in hand, scientists can in principle tweak the genetic code in sperm, eggs and embryos, and change dramatically how future children develop.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
We are re-entering the days of Noah.
We are re-entering the days of Noah.
We are re-entering the days of Noah.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom. It is a statutory body that regulates and inspects all clinics in the United Kingdom providing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), artificial insemination and the storage of human eggs, sperm or embryos. It also regulates human embryo research.
Of course, on a case by case basis.
Which of course means if you have the money and the political connections, by all means we can design a baby for you.
They didn’t wait for all the evidence for this crap. Just read this this morning.
“CRISPR gene editing produces unwanted DNA deletions”
DNA-cutting enzyme used for genetic modification can create large deletions and shuffle genes.
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The cell will try to stitch things back together, says mouse geneticist Allan Bradley of the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Hinxton, UK, who led the study. But it doesnt really know what bits of DNA lie adjacent to each other.
Researchers often use CRISPR to generate small deletions in the hope of knocking out a genes function. But when examining CRISPR edits, Bradley and his colleagues found large deletions often several thousand DNA letters long and complicated rearrangements of DNA sequences in which previously distant DNA sequences were stitched together. The phenomenon was prevalent in all three of the cell types they tested, including a kind of human cell grown in the laboratory.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05736-3
Some I can understand correct. I am concerned about where the limits are though. Do you think we shouldnt eliminate birth defects, diseases, etc?
Ultimately it probably wont matter what laws a country passes. Some country somewhere is going to set no limits. People will be able to go there to get what they want.
oh, no worries, even though DNA from a single cell can exonerate someone in the courts, they will kill whatever doesn’t come out right.
And they wonder why they are being invaded. HA!
Muslim DNA ,LOL
“This is an announcement from Genetic Control..... It is my sad duty to inform you of a four-foot restriction on Humanoid height.”
I'm NOT overweight ... I'm under-tall!
We completely and utterly lack the knowledge to responsibly address those things.
One example, eliminating sickle cell anemia sounds like a good idea.
But in Africa where it is most prevalent it became prevalent because it also helps.those who have it survive malaria.
How many things are like that?
You have to pass bill before you can find out what’s in it.
You have to eliminate genetic oddities before you find out they are prerequisites for surviving forgotten epidemics.
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