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 child’s 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.
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Reminds me of the movie Gattica with Ethan Hawke.
ReplyDeleteParents get to pick and choose the gender of their child and the best possibilities for intelligence. Discrimination will be base in genetics.
Scary future!
There will be the genetically modified superiors, who run the world, and the "others", who are their slaves.
ReplyDeleteScience fiction writers saw this coming from a long way off.
ReplyDeleteAs long as it prevents the creation of another Donald Trump it’s a fantastic idea!!!
ReplyDeleteTrump and the rest of the one percenters are the only ones who can afford this type of technology. SO watch out world.
DeleteAs usual people who want to control all; pretending to be god. Is this what we really want? Think long term.
ReplyDeleteOk 4:21, as ling as it prevents any more libtarded idiots like you!! hillary obama peliosi, mccain, soros, and all the commie socialist lying deceiveing scum. In a nutshell any and all luciferians. Then we would have a peacful joyous world.
ReplyDeleteetc etc
They just cracked the door...
ReplyDeleteWait until they barge through it....and they will.
You goofs are going to be SO sorry....
2:40 is correct.
Keep cheering!