Britain: Cancer-free 'designer babies' get approval

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Individuals with inherited cancer forms can now select embryos free from genetic mutations linked to the disease, following approval from the UK's fertility watchdog. This groundbreaking decision allows four couples with a hereditary type of bowel cancer to begin the embryo screening process at a London clinic by year-end. The advancement is seen as a significant step in genetic technology, with proponents arguing that it is ethical to prevent the birth of children with inherited diseases like cancer.
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Cancer-free 'designer babies' get approval
By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent

PEOPLE with inherited forms of cancer have won the right to select embryos free from genes that might trigger the disease in future generations, The Times has learnt.
Four couples affected by a genetic form of bowel cancer will start the procedure by the end of the year, after the Government’s fertility watchdog allowed a London clinic to screen IVF embryos for the disorder. [continued]
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1339197,00.html
 
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Sounds good to me. If we have the technology to make this choice it would be immoral to let a child be born with an inherited disease like cancer.
 
I agree with Number 42. It's good news for mankind and also mark a starting point in genetics.
 
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