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Baby To Be Born Without the Gene For Breast Cancer
manoftin writes to tell us that next week a baby will be born without the gene for breast cancer, according to the BBC. "But he said that, in this case, not carrying the BRCA1 gene would not guarantee any daughter born to the couple would be unaffected by breast cancer because there are other genetic and environmental causes. Dr Alan Thornhill, scientific director of the London Bridge Fertility, Gynaecology and Genetics Centre, said: 'While the technology and approach used in this case is fairly routine, it is the first time in the UK that a family has successfully eliminated a mutant breast cancer gene for their child. It is a victory for both the parents and the HFEA that licensed this treatment.'"
Sure, if genetic therapy is going to be the way of the future, genetic therapy tests need to be done, but testing this out on people, with *no* idea of the consequences is reprehensible...
I, for one, am looking forward to the inevitable
I know you're joking but... If god is omnipotent, there's no way any human action can limit god's power. So humans are free to do whatever they want without worrying about crossing paths with god.