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Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies"

From Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies"
Date 2014-02-26 15:03 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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SlimmPickens <lachlanmoss@gmail.com>:

>> It will still be technically legal to fertilize the old-school way,
>> but you will be strongly advised against it.
>
> I don't think so. Your body is switching genes on and off all the
> time. We've already used a retrovirus to allow an adult rhesus monkey
> to see a third colour (normally just two) by using a retrovirus to
> insert DNA for the missing cone cells directly into the eye. The brain
> just takes the new input automatically, the monkey can actually see
> the new colour.
>
> The point is I think the modus operandi will be to "edit" whatever DNA
> you happen to have. The women are going to be HOT!

It will be impossible to reliably predict if your hotfixes would be
beneficial or detrimental to the baby (the edits would have to be made
in vitro to have a chance at directing the development).

The women might well be hot, but each year's models will look identical.

We already have that situation with cars.


Marko

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Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 20:30 +0000
  Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-25 23:19 +0200
    Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Rob <monst.oorzudo@ntlworld.com> - 2014-02-26 09:36 +0000
    Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" SlimmPickens <lachlanmoss@gmail.com> - 2014-02-26 02:50 -0800
      Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-26 15:03 +0200
        Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 23:42 +0100
    Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-02-26 11:24 -0300
  Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-26 12:51 +0000
    Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-26 11:06 -0600
    Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 17:13 +0000
      Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-27 12:18 +0000
        non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 15:44 +0000
          Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-27 16:58 +0000
          Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 11:05 -0600
            Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-27 12:22 -0600
            Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 20:09 +0000
              Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 14:39 -0600
                Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 20:50 +0000
              Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-03-01 04:59 -0400
                Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-02 23:48 -0500
              Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-02 23:43 -0500

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