Tjeerd writes "There is currently a communication going on in the Netherlands about embryo selection. The process means that when using in vitro fertilization, you can check what kind of genetic defects will definitely become activated during life. When embryos with those defects are identified, they can be avoided or destroyed. The next step the priory is now is to make it workable
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document.write(lexico_globals.googleafc.ads.content[2 to select against genetic defects which might become active in life, such as breast and colon cancer. Of course, this is a very hard discussion; where do you start, and where do you end? People are worrying that there is no real limit, and that you could potentially check for every genetic defect. I think if you're in a footing* where you or your family have genetic defects, you surely want to check whether your travail would have them too. What does the Slashdot company think about this?"

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