Would break the ice at parties!Just wait a couple of years before cosmetics companies figure out how to localise colour changes like that. Semi-permanent lipstick, eyeshadow, etc. People would buy it.
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Zumf Ham banjo,
Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:03,
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ha yeh good pointand quite scary. All this talk of 'designer' babies, reminding everyone of WW2.
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PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer.,
Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:05,
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Gattaca
Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while,
Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:06,
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"Designer babies" is a misleading termIt implies that the genetic changes are made only for aesthetic purposes (eye colour, hair, etc). If it's possible to delete/fix defective genes that would cause the child health trouble later in life, why not do it?
I'll have to stop myself here. It's one of the topics I tend to rant about :)
(I'll have to stop myself here. It's one of the topics I tend to rant about :)
Zumf Ham banjo,
Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:12,
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