Reply to: Should three parent babies be allowed?

[EternalOptimist]

Have you ever wondered why bulls are all one colour (usually black) whilst the cows have that typical cow pattern ?
Have you ever wondered why women are more prone to things like arthritis, esp when pregnant



and that's all I am going to say on the subject

[SupremeSpod]

How come this thread is four hours old and nobody has mentioned the sample in the bottle looks more like p*ss than baby batter?

Ok, who's stolen the admin password?

[administrator]

How come this thread is four hours old and nobody has mentioned the sample in the bottle looks more like p*ss than baby batter?

[OwlHoot]

Exactly. Project Guru was scrapped at an early stage. Some say the science was flawed. Others that they chose the wrong DNA> Still others suspect that a fourth individual's DNA was slipped into the code but the Men in Black torched the facility to be on the safe side. ...

Partly right, but someone should set the record straight about Project SAS (Super Army Soldier).

This was some top-secret genetics work done at Porton Down in the '80s to breed a soldier of sub-human intelligence but enormous strength and ensurance. Unfortunately, despite an encouraging start, it went terribly wrong.

The idea had been to create a hulking cyborg titan, who would start attacking all and sundry with a gatling gun under each arm, on receipt of the code word "cretin". But the result was a 5'11'' 12 stone weakling who could barely lift a .22 rifle.

The units were recycled, but there were rumours at the time that one managed to escape. This seems unlikely, but we won't know for sure until the papers are released in 2100.

[ACYork]

What, you mean based on the subject matter, no one here is going to start talking about whether Gattica was a good film or not?

[speling bee]

And an early indication that we should steer well clear of the whole notion.

Exactly. Project Guru was scrapped at an early stage. Some say the science was flawed. Others that they chose the wrong DNA> Still others suspect that a fourth individual's DNA was slipped into the code but the Men in Black torched the facility to be on the safe side.

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[shaunbhoy]

sasguru is an early prototype.

And an early indication that we should steer well clear of the whole notion.

[OwlHoot]

'Three-parent baby' fertility technique could be made legal - Telegraph

On one hand I don't like "Frankenstein science".

On the other, imagine if scientists could identify the sasguru gene and eliminate that from society - how wonderful would that be?

In the scenario described the third party would just be supplying a couple of DNA patches, which hardly seems to warrant being called a parent (and no doubt in due course these will be capable of being generated artificially).

Where it would get iffy is if two parents contribute the nucleus DNA and a third parent provides a complete set of mitochondrial DNA, which does contribute substantially to someone's unique identity.

[eek]

How true! And right on cue is a wail article to prove the point. Lesbian couple, surrogate mother and sperm donor in three-year legal battle over right to be child's parents | Mail Online

That's nothing to do with the ethics of this discussion.

The three parent babies will have a proper mum and dad. The third parent is being used to ensure invalid DNA is removed to ensure genetic defects aren't inherited.

Hence there are ethical issues but they have nothing to do with same sex couples, surrogacy or sperm donors. Although we really have to congratulate the Mail journalist for getting virtually every Daily Mail pet subject in a single story. They do however seem to miss the house prices of the participants so its not perfect.

[MarillionFan]

Only if the DNA donor re going to be the ones bringing the kid up. A 3-bio-parent baby brought up by an interracial illegal immigrant disabled gay couple on benefits, that's a good one.

ftfy

[d000hg]

Depends if they are all gay or not, surely?

Only if the DNA donor re going to be the ones bringing the kid up. A 3-bio-parent baby brought up by an interracial gay couple, that's a good one.

[speling bee]

'Three-parent baby' fertility technique could be made legal - Telegraph

On one hand I don't like "Frankenstein science".

On the other, imagine if scientists could identify the sasguru gene and eliminate that from society - how wonderful would that be?

sasguru is an early prototype.

[doodab]

Depends if they are all gay or not, surely?

[BrilloPad]

4 parents is clearly where it becomes wrong.

How true! And right on cue is a wail article to prove the point. Lesbian couple, surrogate mother and sperm donor in three-year legal battle over right to be child's parents | Mail Online

[d000hg]

4 parents is clearly where it becomes wrong.