Comments on: Ethics of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

By: louise

louise — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:44:17 +0000

What are the general ethical issues surrounding gentic testing? I have a biology assignment due soon, an i can’t seem to locate to the point information.

By: Prashant K

Prashant K — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:23:20 +0000

Before planning to have controll on genetic selection, we will have to train the parents & society to impart selectively modified social culture (Controlled culture = which I think is almostimpossible)& social environment to the output generation atleast in their childhood till they become mature enough to understand their forced variation.

By: Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:46:58 +0000

Rebecca: As always, you have such insightful points. It’s hard to know when to draw the line if genetic engineering becomes easier to accomplish. A little correction here, a little correction there…could lead to a totally new and unexpected situation a generation or two down the line. Nobody knows. :/

By: Autism Vox » Procreative Beneficience, PGD, and the Selecting of the “Best” Children

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:43:56 +0000

[...] Asks Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, b5media.com Science Channel Editor, in a recent post on her Genetics and Heath blog entitled Ethics of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) involves screening embryos by taking a single cell from an early stage embryo; embyros with defective genes are discarded. (See also Hsien’s earliest posts, PGD and Embryonic Stem Cells and her exclusive series on a A Personal Experience with PGD.) [...]

By: Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Taylor — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:52:33 +0000

There is a huge difference between intentionally altering an embryo genetically to be stronger, faster or smarter and nurturing a child to be so with extra lessons etc.

Besides the fact that is human experimentation without the consent of the human subject, we often forget that a genetic alteration doesn’t just alter the child, but their children and grandchildren as well. They could not help but to pass their genetic alteration on to subsequent generations. That is nothing like forcing a child to take piano lessions or making them practice their baseball swing for hours.