[skeeter]

I always liked her overbite.

[Cyman]

Very beautiful lady Ms Tierney.

[WayneS]

What do you have against HER?

I always thought she was a decent actress, and a very beautiful woman...

[allmendream]

Idiotic.

TNSTAAFL principle, in biology, is called “antagonistic pleotropy”.

Before we selectively breed or genetically engineer humans towards a specific talent or task we should take a long hard look at race horses.

Are race horses fast? You bet, the fasted breed of horses! Do they have problems? You bet, thin legs prone to break, think papery skin prone to cracks, health problems, etc, etc.

I think Gattica had a good take on this. They bred their children for not having heart defects and for not being violent. What they got was a bunch of weak kneed long lived poofs who sure THOUGHT they were superior, but got beat in the clinch by a more aggressive heart ‘defective’ normal human.

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Even proponents of genetic enhancement, such as Princeton University biologist Lee Silver, have argued that genetic engineering will lead to a class of genetically enhanced people that he calls the GenRich who will occupy the heights of the economy while unenhanced Naturals provide whatever grunt labor the future needs.

The movie "Gattaca" was about this very thing.

[Chuckster]

[oneolcop]

All my genes are wranglers. They're inexpensive and easy to replace.

Sorry, I couldn't help meself.

[Psycho_Bunny]

“one of the greatest ethical concerns about the potential uses of germline interventions to enhance normal human functions is that their availability will widen the existing inequalities between the rich and the poor.”

I believe the human race will be decimated through tailor-made virus warfare long before class distinctions will become an issue.

[TigersEye]

I used to know a carpenter who wished he had a third arm in the middle of his chest so he could hang on to the building while he worked with his other two hands. Why should genetic improvements just be for the upper class? lol

[massgopguy]

I am not a Tyrant! And I’m sick of being blamed for causing Cancer too!

[Conan the Conservative]

“Deploying such enhancement technologies would “deepen genetic and biological inequality among individuals,”

There are genetic and biological INEQUALITY among individuals? Really? After decades of being told there are NONE? Does this mean there is a similar inequalities between races?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

A more optimistic view is that the ability to install whatever genes one might want will become so cheap and routine that everybody would have access to the technology, dissipating the fears of growing inequality, even speciation, between groups of people.

Not just more optimistic - more realistic.

[Billthedrill]

How in the world can someone possibly hold an informed opinion about the social effects of technologies that do not yet exist? The model they’re using is well-worn and historically creaky, to be charitable. One might as well propose at the beginning of the 20th century that the automobile would split society into haves and have-nots, which it did...until it didn’t anymore. Separate species? Uh, Morlocks and Eloi? Been done, thanks, and Wells was just as socially inclined as these prognosticators and just as hopelessly wrong.

[neverdem]

Low vitamin D levels linked to allergies in kids

Probiotic identified to treat ulcers (counters H. pylori)

Maternal fructose intake impacts female and male fetuses differently

Teen's medical marijuana fight escalates as school says he cannot come back to class after going home for medicine

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[Condor51]

...proponents of genetic enhancement, such as Princeton University biologist Lee Silver, have argued that genetic engineering will lead to a class of genetically enhanced people that he calls the GenRich

I *think* we've been down this road before and other people called them something else....

Wanna try again 'mr' Silver.

[annie laurie]

Anyone looking for a good read: Nancy Kress' Sleepless series has some interesting speculation about potential outcome(s) as genetic engineering becomes increasingly advanced.

The best laid plans of mice and men ...