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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 02:49 PM
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Make Way for Designer Babies
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Make Way for Designer Babies


By Leanne Ta
NBCBayArea.com

Want a baby with blonde hair and green eyes? No problem.


A Los Angeles fertility clinic is offering a new service that would allow couples to choose their baby's physical traits, including eye and hair color, the BBC reported.

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The new service has sparked debate within the global medical community, raising huge questions about the ethics of genetic enhancement.

Trait-selection will be based on a technique called preimplantation genetic diagnosis, or PGD. The process has long been used for medical purposes, but never for cosmetic purposes.

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Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29489602/
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