All posts tagged "eugenics"

  • British lawmakers voted Tuesday Feb. 3, 2015, on whether to allow scientists to use controversial techniques to create babies from the DNA of three people to prevent children from inheriting potentially fatal diseases from their mothers, a move that could make the country the first in the world to allow embryos to be genetically modified. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall)
    UK House of Commons OKs making babies from DNA of 3 people

    LONDON (AP) — Britain’s House of Commons gave preliminary approval Tuesday to permitting scientists to create babies from the DNA of three people, a technique that could protect some children from inheriting potentially fatal diseases from their...

    • Posted February 3, 2015
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