Most people disagree on why they would like to design there babies. I personally think that they should only design their babies when it is necessary. Only when the baby has a desease that can't be cure at the moment. Only people with money can afford to design their babies all they want.
Scientist have discovered many ways to help replace out faulty sections of DNA with healthy DNA by doing germ line therapy. It is carried out on an egg, sperm or a tiny fertilized embryo. It is illegal to do on humans but scientist have done it on animals. However, it is legal to modify the faulty genes in the cells of a grown child or an adult to cure diseases this process is called a body cellgene therapy.
Scientist has also found a way to change the sex of the embryo using two method. The first method is to sort out a sample of the father sperm and fertilizes an egg with either a male or a female sperm. Another Method is called a Pre- implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). Which is to scan embryos for any genetic disease. It could help save the baby because it could scan for any genetic diseases and possibly save the baby's life.
Work Cited
Agar, Nicholas "Designer Babies: Ethical Considerations" Year of publishing: April 2006"
Date of Access "Dec, 06, 2010"
http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/agar.html
"What is a designer baby?" Date of Access : Dec, 06 2010"
http://www.bionetonline.org/english/content/db_cont1.htm
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http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/20/cosmopolitans-newest-must-have-accessory-designer-babies-and-no-father-needed/
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This Gene therapy procedure is a good technique but I do think that should try and slow down a bit before they get a bit out of hand. It's true that this can prevent diseases from happening but it can also cause some. I'm sure that messing around with a humans genes can somehow cause other problems if the doctors aren't careful.
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