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| − | + | Once a science-fiction concept and now a reality, a designer baby is defined as a baby that has been genetically engineered in order to include or remove certain genes associated with a certain disease or phenotype. (Ly, 2011) This process can be completed in two different ways. The more common process involves pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), which according to Johns Hopkins University, is reproductive technology that is made up of “a screening test that can be performed on embryos created via in vitro fertilization (IVF) to genetically analyze the embryos prior to transfer.” Citation The second and less common method is genome editing which involves actually modifying the embryos’ DNA sequences. This was first done by Chinese researcher He Jiankui in 2018 on a pair of twins in order to protect them against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (Greely, 2019) | |
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Revision as of 16:37, 28 January 2022
Once a science-fiction concept and now a reality, a designer baby is defined as a baby that has been genetically engineered in order to include or remove certain genes associated with a certain disease or phenotype. (Ly, 2011) This process can be completed in two different ways. The more common process involves pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), which according to Johns Hopkins University, is reproductive technology that is made up of “a screening test that can be performed on embryos created via in vitro fertilization (IVF) to genetically analyze the embryos prior to transfer.” Citation The second and less common method is genome editing which involves actually modifying the embryos’ DNA sequences. This was first done by Chinese researcher He Jiankui in 2018 on a pair of twins in order to protect them against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (Greely, 2019)
