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Chapter 5: Build-a-Baby Better via Genetics

      https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814667029_0005Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
      Abstract:

      The following sections are included:

      • The genesis of commercial human genetic testing

      • Genetics dating and mating service: I prefer a child with …

      • Changing the genetic equation via designer babies?

      • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)

      • CRISPR versus PGD

      • Sex selection

      • Savior siblings

      • Human GMO economics

      • OvaScience

      • Mitogenome therapeutics

      • Genetics and human choices

      • Genetic tourism

      • Are designer babies the next step on the GM timeline?

      • References