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- sgvprelude, on 01/09/2009, -2/+85I guess the movie GATTACA isn't science fiction any longer.
- cle2105, on 01/09/2009, -1/+77Designer is nice, but I can only afford Brand X babies in this economy
- yngtimmy, on 01/09/2009, -1/+59Yea this is great till she grows up and decides she likes to eat people and live in the dark because sunlight hurts her skin.
- ThatGeek, on 01/09/2009, -1/+51men get breast cancer too
- jmiller29, on 01/09/2009, -5/+38Bet he gets cancer.
- BotaXero, on 01/09/2009, -1/+29Nice but that model will be obsolete in a month.
- idavidtang, on 01/09/2009, -0/+27Did anyone else think the title meant free from ALL cancer?
- Zervaman, on 01/09/2009, -0/+25Reminds me of this:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k194/14kels/Calv ... - ThatGeek, on 01/09/2009, -1/+26my god! really?
why else do you think they picked GATTACA? - Brotodeau, on 01/09/2009, -5/+30***** you. I died of breast cancer.
...but seriously. Men do have breast tissue that can be ravaged by cancerous cells. In fact, male Diggers have an increased amount of said breast tissue, according to me. - jotate, on 01/09/2009, -5/+26***** you, god! You've been hogging the controller for millennia! It's our turn to play.
- MeatyMcBeef, on 01/09/2009, -0/+20They can't. It was selected from several embryos.
- Coffeedemon, on 01/09/2009, -0/+20Well its not like there aren't a hundred other types of cancer to get.
- Tonelico, on 01/09/2009, -1/+18Mixed feelings here. It's wonderful that she'll never get breast cancer. But for those who saw Gattaca, you may remember the scene early on: genetic screening = all the "unfit" embryos just get tossed. Super-early stages of life just get thrown out. Of course Pro-lifers are gonna have a fit about it, but regardless of your stance (legally, ethically) on those issues, it's still a mixed blessing technologically.
Is there a way to sort out the sperm and the egg before conception? Or am I just getting nitpicky? (plz don't down-vote me for asking questions, I'm not being a judgmental prick...) :P - picoritdidnt, on 01/09/2009, -4/+19This just in from Future News Network 2019:
Cancer free Britain baby was hit by a bus. - coltonfrancis, on 01/09/2009, -0/+14i dont even know what to say to your comment xero69...
- ricker2005, on 01/09/2009, -0/+14"And any girl with the BRCA1 gene would have an 80 per cent chance of developing a fast-spreading, hard-to-treat form of breast cancer."
Really? Any girl with the BRCA1 gene, you say? That's weird seeing as every normal person on the entire planet has the gene. What the Daily Mail probably meant to say was that any girl WITHOUT a functional copy of the gene would be at risk. You know...the exact opposite of what they actually said.
Getting your science information from Daily Mail is like getting herpes from a dockside whore. You have no one to blame but yourself. - magus_melchior, on 01/09/2009, -0/+11Not to mention the myriad other ways that a human can die...
- TheAuditor, on 01/09/2009, -12/+23Daily Mail: facts != truth
- digitalpencil, on 01/09/2009, -0/+11can we start banning people who constantly submit dailymail stories?! it's all complete ***** and i'm getting tired of seeing this pseudo-news hit the FP..
- JROXZ, on 01/09/2009, -1/+12Bet he gets breast cancer.
- jec68, on 01/09/2009, -1/+12mixed blessing? It isn't as though the embryos that were thrown out were ever going to be birthed. Given that this family wished to have one child, I'd say they were faced with a decision: should we risk giving our child breast cancer, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me.
- aptanalogy, on 01/09/2009, -1/+11You can play two-player with him, but careful, he's a sore loser...
- GrammerPants, on 01/09/2009, -3/+13We are never going to be able to stop this once we have started. This is the first step in creating a very interesting class system. Sure it is probably about 100 years away but I wouldn't be surprised if by then we breed people for specific jobs. Pretty cool stuff, but one hell of a can of worms.
- Ac1115, on 01/09/2009, -0/+10Even as early as the 1800s when it was started, Daily Mail was referred to as the Daily Hate for all the crap it published. This newspaper is rubbish and an example of yellow journalism at it's finest. I'm guessing since most of the digg membership lives in the States, they wouldn't know about this paper's 'virtues'.
I don't know why TheAuditor was dugg down. I'd love to see cancer-proof babies too. But until I see it in a reputable paper, I won't believe it. - xero69, on 01/09/2009, -3/+13Now if we could just genetically screen out people who have mental disorders and problems with addiction. Or heck, let's just screen out the STUPID people.
- Jo9100, on 01/09/2009, -2/+12Free cancer? I'll take two!
- rrgg, on 01/09/2009, -0/+9This will soon leave the rest of us non-engineered saying,
"I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science." - pnmoore, on 01/09/2009, -0/+9I have friends that went through PGD during IVF with regard to Cystic Fibrosis. They have one child now that has CF and know what she has to go through, so they didn't want to have another child and have them possibly have to go through it as well. They reside in the US and, if I understand correctly, this is still a very new process so it is neat to hear about it happening other places and with other diseases.
The possibilities are pretty cool with what can be done with tech like this, but so are some of the consequences... - ricky125, on 01/09/2009, -6/+15next, british teeth.
- Starshope, on 01/09/2009, -0/+8small steps my friends, small steps.
- gemjeweled, on 01/09/2009, -9/+17Wow! Cancer may indeed be a thing of the past!
- zynaps, on 01/09/2009, -0/+8Well this is great but will do little in the end. Most cancers appear by mutations caused by environmental factors. Sure, she might not get breast cancer as easily as other, but she can still get it and not to mention other cancer types.
- zyklon, on 01/09/2009, -0/+8I'd hate to be the one from Walmart.
- Soval, on 01/09/2009, -0/+8I'm waiting for the iBaby.
- Tonelico, on 01/09/2009, -0/+8word. I just mentioned Gattaca in my post. Bumped for acknowledging this.
- xero69, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7It's not that interesting actually, it happens naturally all the time. I look very young for my age, I don't have a very masculine build, and I'm very sterile. Bisexual women seem to love me though, go figure!
1 in 500 men are born with this condition. I'm just happy it didn't cause my balls to develop abnormally small. I guess being born XXY beats being born with cancer causing genes though. - PeninsulaBoy217, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/pregnant.asp
- lepetitmousse, on 01/09/2009, -1/+8just a few years away from a brave new world...
- mythicflux, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7@jec68
Here is logical extension to your argument:
"should we risk giving our child bald genes, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child possible weight problems, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child lower intelligent, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child lower physical prowess, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child plain features, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child red hair, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child blond hair, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child black hair, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child dark skin, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me."
"should we risk giving our child gay genes, or should we remove that risk? Seems like a pretty simple choice to me." (note: not saying gay genes exist)
All of these are extremely absurd statements no doubt. The problem is that once you open the door it's impossible to close. It starts with one minor defect and never ends. We as a species have a remarkable gift for self deception. And all it takes is a small step in one direction. Because in the end the old adage is true: 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions" - jgzman, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7Sad to say, but I realized that just before reading this comment.
Of course, I was a mite younger back then. - normalkid0615, on 01/09/2009, -2/+9up up down down left right left right select b a start
-dna sequence for 30 extra years of life - yisforyeti, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7Yup. Amazing what you can find with a 30 second Google search: "BRCA1 is a breast cancer susceptibility gene that was first identified in 1994. People carrying a mutation (abnormality) in this gene are at an increased risk of breast or ovarian cancer. The normal gene plays a role in repairing breaks in DNA. However, when the gene is mutated it is thought that this repair function may become disabled thus leading to more DNA replication errors and cancerous growth."
Buuuut the rest of the article seems to be pretty accurate, and it's not like everyone who reads this is going to run to their doctor and demand to have BRCA1 excised from their genomes. So take a breath. - WestonP, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7It's the Daily Mail, guys. You don't have to be a Brit to know that you should wait to hear this from a reputable news source.
- Chompy, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7No, it's not. The kid is just less likely to get cancer than her parents; that's it. The title of the article is completely misleading.
- Saq0, on 01/09/2009, -0/+6guys can get breast cancer
- inactive, on 01/09/2009, -0/+6Just as soon as all of us die from it, our designer children will be able to live cancer free!
I know I SHOULD be happy... - Diffy, on 01/09/2009, -0/+6You discard way more cells when you cut your hair.
- Pstmann, on 01/09/2009, -0/+6Did you read the article?!
- mikepictor, on 01/09/2009, -0/+6An XXY baby, that would get interesting.
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