Demand for human trait selection creates a market

The Wall Street Journal published an article last week on the topic of human trait selection—a pending reproductive procedure that’s more commonly (and pejoratively) referred to as designer babies. In the article, “A Baby, Please. Blond, Freckles—Hold the Colic”, writer Gautam Naik describes those laboratory techniques that screen for diseases in embryos and how those techniques will soon be offered to prospective parents.

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Posted by Sonali Sahoo  on  02/28  at  01:56 AM

I like the topic "Demand for human trait selection creates a market" and the idea of designer baby. Its a very emerging idea which will surely lead to a new horizon in the reproductive biology with the colaboration with nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology. It will become now easier to make people understand the ethical issues regarding the genetic modifications. To make them aware about the plus points. counterly it should takecare about the diverisity ethics.

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