Genetically-Modified Babies

[shanta_khan2007]

I even saw stories like this :\..Worse ones too months ago

[lavonche]

Wow.. .__. My mum told me that the first GM baby(in Singapore at least) was conceived by one of her friends and her child has grown up healthy(I know him personally). So don't get any weird ideas XD

[southkorea]

Modification? How disgusting.
Sure, it that's what they want, it's their choice.
I certainly would never agree to do something like that.
If you can't have children of your own, big deal!
There are plently of orphans out there. Just adopt a few.

[Ryuu No Me]

Originally Posted by southkorea

Modification? How disgusting.
Sure, it that's what they want, it's their choice.
I certainly would never agree to do something like that.
If you can't have children of your own, big deal!
There are plently of orphans out there. Just adopt a few.

I think people should love their child just the way they are, instead of modifying them...

[Narutos pimp]

I don't wanna live in this planet anymore....

[southkorea]

Originally Posted by Ryuu No Me

I think people should love their child just the way they are, instead of modifying them...

Yeah, that kind of was my point, although I may or may not
have been very clear about that.
I mean that if others want to do this modification thing,
I can't forbid them to.
It's their choice, not mine.
Personally, I'd rather have no children at all
than go through a procedure like that.

[Ryuu No Me]

Originally Posted by Narutos pimp

I don't wanna live in this planet anymore....

What is the world coming to I wonder...

[NuttyNUTTS]

I'm all for genetic modification if it means giving the child an extended life span from genetic diseases.

I am also against the choosing of genes over others, unless it is that individuals own choice, not the parents or the governments. Would be cool in some instances to alter your genes for blond hair or purple instead of dying it. Maybe even extra arms. Not much different from getting body piercings or tattoos really.

Too bad current technology can only modify genes when the child is a single cell.

[-Omega-]

Originally Posted by NuttyNUTTS

I'm all for genetic modification if it means giving the child an extended life span from genetic diseases.

I am also against the choosing of genes over others, unless it is that individuals own choice, not the parents or the governments. Would be cool in some instances to alter your genes for blond hair or purple instead of dying it. Maybe even extra arms. Not much different from getting body piercings or tattoos really.

Too bad current technology can only modify genes when the child is a single cell.

It's about genetically modifying babies not adults.

[NuttyNUTTS]

Originally Posted by -Omega-

It's about genetically modifying babies not adults.

I get that. I just think that the only person who should choose to alter non-life threatening genes is the person him/her self.

At some point, with research going into viruses and how they hijack living cells into virus breeding factories, we could change the DNA of already living beings. Making it possible treat genetic flaws in adults that are later discovered after birth.

My viewpoint is just taking that research into consideration as well as what this topic is already discussing.