(February 3, 2015 at 6:46 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote:(January 30, 2015 at 6:48 pm)Losty Wrote: I'm no doctor and I've never heard of doing this. Is it safe and ethical? Has it been done? Are there risks?
This news behind this story has grossly misrepresented what is actually going on in this story.
They are not physically using 3 people to create a baby.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/...-three-dna
Less than a 10th of 1% will be DNA from a 3rd body to combat genetic faults which causes children to suffer and eventually die from diseases such as muscular dystrophy. It's known as a mitochondrial transfer.
It is not creating children with different coloured eyes or 3 arms etc.
As to the OP, nobody gives 2 shits about what the church has to say anything anyway except a few out of touch politicians.(January 30, 2015 at 7:08 pm)Losty Wrote: I was asking a legitimate question. I don't care if a church is the one who said it. Is it more dangerous than the disease itself? Could it cause babies to be born with even worse diseases? Those are important questions to ask regardless of religious stance.
No to all. The UK has a more liberal stance towards genetic sciences than the overtly negative stance taken in the US, but that's not say that we don't have very rigorous and stringent ethical guidelines and reviews, not to mention a strong inclination towards following the scientific method designed to expose and potential issues and work towards preventing them.
That's great news, but I didn't know that. Which is why I asked :p
