Dana Gold
03-24-05, 02:30 PM
Available "selections": Male, female, chimera, human/animal hybrid
Exceprts from link below:
Couples undergoing IVF could be allowed to select the sex of their baby under proposals put forward by MPs.
A controversial Commons Science and Technology Committee report said more decisions on fertility treatment should be made by patients and their doctors.
The MPs also called for the regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to be disbanded.
And they said "taboo" research, such as implanting human cells into animals, should be considered, with regulation.
The MPs' report also says controversial areas of fertility research should not be shied away from.
It says the creation of so-called "chimeras", where human cells are placed into an animal foetus, could be useful for research, if created under strict regulations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4376041.stm
The above reminds of this event some years ago (2003):
Excerpt: The resulting embryo was part male, part female and could potentially have developed into an apparently healthy foetus.
The American fertility doctor behind the experiment claimed the creation of chimeras could eventually be used to treat genetic diseases.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/07/03/wfert03.xml
F**kin' 'ell!! :sarcastic
Exceprts from link below:
Couples undergoing IVF could be allowed to select the sex of their baby under proposals put forward by MPs.
A controversial Commons Science and Technology Committee report said more decisions on fertility treatment should be made by patients and their doctors.
The MPs also called for the regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to be disbanded.
And they said "taboo" research, such as implanting human cells into animals, should be considered, with regulation.
The MPs' report also says controversial areas of fertility research should not be shied away from.
It says the creation of so-called "chimeras", where human cells are placed into an animal foetus, could be useful for research, if created under strict regulations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4376041.stm
The above reminds of this event some years ago (2003):
Excerpt: The resulting embryo was part male, part female and could potentially have developed into an apparently healthy foetus.
The American fertility doctor behind the experiment claimed the creation of chimeras could eventually be used to treat genetic diseases.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/07/03/wfert03.xml
F**kin' 'ell!! :sarcastic