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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:25 AM Original message |
Guardian: Birth of first British baby screened to be free of cancer gene |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. O Brave new world, That has such people in't! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's difficult to see the downside of eliminating a potentially fatal flaw in a child's code. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. But it's only a 50-80% chance of getting a disease... |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is a wonderful thing. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Is it? As many as 50% of discarded embryos with the disease gene would never get the disease. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It depends on your views of 3 day old embryos |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes, for the individual embryo... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. They did have to get permission for this |
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