Jesse The Body Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 [source] World's first GM babies born by MICHAEL HANLON, Daily Mail The world's first geneticallymodified humans have been created, it was revealed last night.The disclosure that 30 healthy babies were born after a series of experiments in the United States provoked another furious debate about ethics.So far, two of the babies have been tested and have been found to contain genes from three 'parents'.Fifteen of the children were born in the past three years as a result of one experimental programme at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of St Barnabas in New Jersey.The babies were born to women who had problems conceiving. Extra genes from a female donor were inserted into their eggs before they were fertilised in an attempt to enable them to conceive.Genetic fingerprint tests on two one-year- old children confirm that they have inherited DNA from three adults --two women and one man.The fact that the children have inherited the extra genes and incorporated them into their 'germline' means that they will, in turn, be able to pass them on to their own offspring.Altering the human germline - in effect tinkering with the very make-up of our species - is a technique shunned by the vast majority of the world's scientists.Geneticists fear that one day this method could be used to create new races of humans with extra, desired characteristics such as strength or high intelligence.Writing in the journal Human Reproduction, the researchers, led by fertility pioneer Professor Jacques Cohen, say that this 'is the first case of human germline genetic modification resulting in normal healthy children'.Some experts severely criticised the experiments. Lord Winston, of the Hammersmith Hospital in West London, told the BBC yesterday: 'Regarding the treat-ment of the infertile, there is no evidence that this technique is worth doing . . . I am very surprised that it was even carried out at this stage. It would certainly not be allowed in Britain.'John Smeaton, national director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, said: 'One has tremendous sympathy for couples who suffer infertility problems. But this seems to be a further illustration of the fact that the whole process of in vitro fertilisation as a means of conceiving babies leads to babies being regarded as objects on a production line.'It is a further and very worrying step down the wrong road for humanity.' Professor Cohen and his colleagues diagnosed that the women were infertile because they had defects in tiny structures in their egg cells, called mitochondria.They took eggs from donors and, using a fine needle, sucked some of the internal material - containing 'healthy' mitochondria - and injected it into eggs from the women wanting to conceive.Because mitochondria contain genes, the babies resulting from the treatment have inherited DNA from both women. These genes can now be passed down the germline along the maternal line.A spokesman for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which regulates 'assisted reproduction' technology in Britain, said that it would not license the technique here because it involved altering the germline.Jacques Cohen is regarded as a brilliant but controversial scientist who has pushed the boundaries of assisted reproduction technologies.He developed a technique which allows infertile men to have their own children, by injecting sperm DNA straight into the egg in the lab.Prior to this, only infertile women were able to conceive using IVF. Last year, Professor Cohen said that his expertise would allow him to clone children --a prospect treated with horror by the mainstream scientific community.'It would be an afternoon's work for one of my students,' he said, adding that he had been approached by 'at least three' individuals wishing to create a cloned child, but had turned down their requests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.t.a.t. Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 this shit sounds nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaveli Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) Sounds like something from a horror movie. Why the hell is that kind of stuff even necessary? Edited July 12, 2012 by Makaveli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse The Body Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Sounds like something from a horror movie. Why the hell is that kind of stuff even necessary? For future slaves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I'm sure this type of experiment will spawn a lot of good use...but it sounds plain disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse The Body Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I'm sure this type of experiment will spawn a lot of good use...but it sounds plain disturbing. In what ways will it come to good use? Yes it's very disturbing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 For future slaves?Or liver, heart transplants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse The Body Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Or liver, heart transplants... Oh year of course, they are clons you can do anything you want with them. I sure they will test on them all sorta crap. What if they are getting clons and real humans confused and start having a genocide because the clons in some way are more efficient then real humans? Crazy thought huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 In what ways will it come to good use? Yes it's very disturbing... His work on helping infertile couples has resulted in advances in the ability to help infertile men have their own offspring, by inserting genetic material from sperm into egg cells so that donor sperm is not required. Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/036372_genetically_modified_human_babies.html#ixzz20S4VXvqP That's one advantage I found. I'm sure there are others...maybe. I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse The Body Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 That's one advantage I found. I'm sure there are others...maybe. I don't know. Yea good find, crazy shit bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) Oh year of course, they are clons you can do anything you want with them. I sure they will test on them all sorta crap. What if they are getting clons and real humans confused and start having a genocide because the clons in some way are more efficient then real humans? Crazy thought huh?Yeah, reminds me of that Ewan McGregor flick ('The Island').. Edited July 12, 2012 by Sħãlïq̵' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse The Body Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Yeah, reminds me of that Ewan McGregor flick ('The Island').. Yeah bro I started watching that I was 10-15mins in it, then dvd broke. But yeah looked like a hella good movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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