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From: Gene Wirchenko on 17 May 2010 17:41 On 17 May 2010 04:27:56 GMT, Seebs <usenet-nospam(a)seebs.net> wrote: >On 2010-05-17, Gene Wirchenko <genew(a)ocis.net> wrote: >> On 16 May 2010 14:32:22 GMT, Lewis >><g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: >>>It won't be long before we will be able to 'clean' undesired genes, and >>>the technology to select embryos based on genes is already with us. Not >>>saying anyone is actually doing this, but the technology exists. > >> Define "undesired genes". > >Ones that the parents don't want. > >> Before doing so, consider that >> although sickle cell anemia is a nasty condition and is recessive, >> having one gene for it gives resistance to malaria. > >I don't think you'd see much complaint, though, if we just eliminated >cystic fibrosis entirely. But what if a similar situation exists as with sickle cell anemia and malaria resistance? Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko
From: Gene Wirchenko on 17 May 2010 17:44 On 17 May 2010 08:01:08 GMT, Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: >In message <32h1v5di0lh1jcqg6s60lfbc7gml3plnku(a)4ax.com> > Gene Wirchenko <genew(a)ocis.net> wrote: >> On 16 May 2010 14:32:22 GMT, Lewis >> <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > >> [snip] > >>>It won't be long before we will be able to 'clean' undesired genes, and >>>the technology to select embryos based on genes is already with us. Not >>>saying anyone is actually doing this, but the technology exists. > >> Define "undesired genes". Before doing so, consider that >> although sickle cell anemia is a nasty condition and is recessive, >> having one gene for it gives resistance to malaria. > >Hey, I'm not in favor of it, which is why I put clean in quotes. You use the term, you define it. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko
From: Seebs on 17 May 2010 17:40 On 2010-05-17, Gene Wirchenko <genew(a)ocis.net> wrote: > But what if a similar situation exists as with sickle cell anemia > and malaria resistance? Then some people might make different choices about which genes they want to pass on than others would. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam(a)seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!
From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 17 May 2010 17:54 Gene Wirchenko wrote: > But what if a similar situation exists as with sickle cell anemia > and malaria resistance? There are about 1 million deaths a year due to malaria. Almost all of them could have been avoided by not baning DDT, developing a safer alternative, or other relatviely cheap methods. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm(a)mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.
From: Walter Bushell on 17 May 2010 21:36
In article <hssba9$vek$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Peter Flass <Peter_Flass(a)Yahoo.com> wrote: > Things are going to get interesting in a few years. Already Asia has a > surplus of males. What's going to happen? Are they going to go to > polyandry? It would seem to make being female there a valuable trait. > Are they going to import women? Are women going to demand hude dowries? In Bujold's womb replicator universe the Barrayarians have genetic counseling and the elite favor male children. Cordelia (heroine of the first book of the Miles series) remarks, "Didn't they want to have grandchildren?" -- A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard. |