Just_A_Guy Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 And it has nothing to do with polygamy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Per another conversation we had, this will really help out future generations when they're doing work for the dead. Edit: Okay...upon actually reading the article, my comment isn't really valid. What a strange idea though. Edited February 3, 2015 by The Folk Prophet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane_Doe Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 How is this really different than any other gene therapy procedure? Vort 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Fascinating. I can see the positives from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 The "life starts at conception" wing is going to prepare for doomsday... killing one baby to give life to another. Ugh. The difference between this from other gene therapy is that the donor gene is an embryo fertilized specifically for harvest. And you think the Boys from Brazil is sci fi... Hah... we'll have Hitler clones running around town pretty soon (j/k!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiterateParakeet Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I'm too stunned to even formulate an opinion. I need some time to consider this...(and of course I will read all your thoughtful responses :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 You lost me why you said it had nothing to do with polygamy .....Lol. Of course I am teasing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Fascinating! No real opinion yet beyond that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarVortex Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 "In the Commons debate, Public Health Minister Jane Ellison told the House: 'This is a bold step for parliament to take, but it is a considered and informed step. And for the many families affected, this is light at the end of a very dark tunnel.'" But as the old joke goes, when politicians see light at the end of the tunnel they usually borrow money to buy more tunnel. Does this make the embryos trinitarian? Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypto Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) This is going to screw up tracing your family history genetically through the maternal line for some. Because they use mitochondrial DNA for that. (Sorry guy's you don't contribute Mitochondrial DNA to your children)Guy's will still be able to trace the patriarchal line via their Y chromosome though. I don't think most people utilize DNA testing for tracing heritage though, so maybe probably minimal impact. Edited February 4, 2015 by Crypto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 While reading the article this is what came to my mind: The 1988 movie "Twins" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito The Folk Prophet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagarthaaz Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I thought you were posting about this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2943243/A-modern-family-extraordinary-story-two-gay-dads-three-surrogate-mothers-newborn-baby-TWO-way.html I just can't get my head around all the ways we can have babies anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latter Days Guy Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 This is being done about 10 minutes drive away from where I live at the Centre for Life! http://www.life.org.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
char713 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 If only they could apply the same know-how to solving "unexplained infertility" issues, I'd be all set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSG Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Per another conversation we had, this will really help out future generations when they're doing work for the dead. Meh. Great great granddad hired both of his wife's sisters as housekeepers. Records are kind of sketchy, but his first three kids were born in different months within a nine month span. Nobody's quite sure which is from which sister. That makes for some guesswork in the genealogy...though it's at least convenient that they were sisters, so their kids all have the same grandparents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmarch Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Ya i'd have to vote against this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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