The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will decide on December 15th whether to let three-person embryo trials proceed:
Authorities in the United Kingdom may soon approve clinical testing of the so-called "three-parent embryo" technique to prevent the transmission of potentially fatal genetic disease, despite ongoing concerns about its effectiveness. An advisory panel of the U.K. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), announced today that the procedure is ready for limited clinical testing, Nature reports, and HFEA is expected to make an official decision on whether to allow such trials on 15 December.
The first baby born using the technique occurred in September.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 15 2016, @05:42AM
That's gonna make for some tricky paper-work
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Thursday December 15 2016, @07:17AM
And you are forgetting the one that actually parents the child, the one that matters, the one that stays after all the other biological mercenaries have been paid off and have left, like Francis. The REAL parent. Genes mean nothing. It is the one, or the two, or the many, that raises the child who are the actual parents.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday December 15 2016, @01:17PM
Well, I guess we need to change all the forms then, to ask for all the parents: Mother, Father, Smizmar, etc.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 15 2016, @01:46PM
If the genes mean nothing then why not just adopt?
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Thursday December 15 2016, @06:12PM
Good question, you racist!