Have you ever wished you could design a perfect child? Now with GenoChoice you can!Using our state-of-the-art technologies, you can quite possibly ensure that your child's life may be free of such diseases as cancer, Alzheimer's, and heart disease -- as well as conditions like obesity, aggression, and dyslexia.Their GeneScan 2000 machine will scan your DNA (yes, over the internet - this is the 21st century!), and tell you if you have any "defects" or "susceptibility to disease". Apparently I'm a novelty-seeking homosexual* with a high risk of heart disease. Who knew? For a mere $10,000 I can upgrade to eliminate the genetic susceptibility to heart disease in my perfect little offspring, and for just a few thousand more I can chose high IQ, artistic or athletic talent, and my favorite hair and eye color.
Our probes and DNA amplifiers can identify these negative genes and eliminate them in your child... all at the pre-embryonic stage!
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After submitting my choice of traits, my perfect baby will be grown over an accelerated 9 week pregnancy cycle, with regular ultrasounds and updates from GenoChoice. I can hardly wait until it arrives!
* I don't think either novelty-seeking behavior or homosexuality are "genetic defects", but that is how GenoChoice classifies them.
(via PodBlack, who suggests it's a good site for teachers to use for discussions of cloning and human genetic engineering)
Tags:genetic engineering, cloning, GenoChoic
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You're welcome!
ReplyDeleteHere's the Western Australian Curriculum site for Philosophy and Ethics, where the course 'Philosophy and Persons, 2A' (which I contributed to) would use such a site to initiate discussion and even tasks for assessment. :)
http://tinyurl.com/4okekz
Thanks for the additional link!
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