Parental discretion might be advised in building baby's gene pool

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 5, 2000| Author: MATT CRENSON | Copyright information

Parental discretion might be advised in building baby's gene pool

By MATT CRENSON

Associated Press

Sunday, March 5, 2000

Science is on the brink of handing us the key to our own creation, of giving us the power to redesign ourselves.

There is enormous potential for good. Diseases could be eradicated, death forestalled, human potential extended. But behind that promise lurks a long, cold shadow of doubt.

What becomes of parenthood, of individuality, of ...

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