Embryo Screening Pros And Cons

A designer baby is a baby which has been genetically engineered for pre-selected traits, varying from lowering the risk of genetic disorders to gender selection. Parents currently are not able to screen their future babies for genes involving hair color, athletic ability, or intelligence yet, however, companies such as “23andme” have patents on these tests for when they are developed in the future. ( Embryo screening involves a process called preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Embryos are created by in-vitro fertilization and grown to the eight-cell stage, at which point one or two cells are removed. Scientists (Doctors) then examine the DNA of these cells for defects, and only normal embryos are replaced in the womb. Doctors believe that new gene editing tools could soon give us the ability to directly manipulate that genetic blueprint. Scientists and
It also reduces the risk of inherited medical conditions like obesity, anemia and/or diabetes along with mitochondrial diseases. It’s supposed to expand the human lifespan up to thirty years. Overall the idea of designer baby gives parents the opportunity to give their child a healthier lifestyle. (https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/designer-children.htm) The cons of designer babies are if this process is not done properly the embryo could be terminated. Also altering the baby’s gene could later cause defects in the child or the child’s offspring. Most people actually need this process to be done on their children because they are very sick or the parents of the child carry certain traits that they don't want to be passed down to their child/children are not able to receive this procedure because it's very expensive.