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 * Designer Babies **

Most have played the computer game Sims, but if you have not, Sims is a game about the creation of the gamers own virtual world. In this game you start off with the character creation. The gamer picks out the appearance and traits they want their sims to have. This game is mentioned to give you a better idea of how and what designer babies are. The difference of the game and the babies are that the designer babies are created by the parents who select the genetics that they desire their babies to have, and the sims are created while the sim is already alive.

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 * ** Pros of Designer babies ** || ** Cons of Designer babies ** ||
 * v Less risk of catching diseases. || v Unnatural and frowned upon by some. ||
 * v Fewer doctor appointments for illnesses = saved money || v Costs around 22,000- 30,000 dollars. ||
 * v Able to pick what genes you want your baby to have (ex- hair color, eye color, melanin, etc) || v Idea of what your designer baby looks like imagined vs. real life can be disappointing ||
 * v The stress and worries for parents are far less than parents with natural births. || v Birth defects from genes being mixed up ||
 * v Better chance of a successful life for child || v When older the child might not accept or like the fact of how they were created ||
 * v Longer lifespan || v Could create a gap in society ||
 * v Can give genes that the parents didn’t have || v Loss of individuality ||
 * v Better understanding of genetics || v Termination of embryos ||

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[]: This news article was about how designer babies helped people to become parents. Also, that doctors will be able to tell the eye color and the gender of the baby in the next year.



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[|__http://vickiwittenstein.com/2014/02/slippery-slope-designer-babies/__] This blog is about the effects genetically altering genes could cause, specifically the DNA mitochondrial.

[|__http://www.aspeninstitute.org/about/blog/designer-babies-ethical-moral-biological-implications-future-genetic-technology__] This blog is about the company Aspen. They use two genetic modification techniques: mitochondrial DNA transfe r (mtDNA) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Also they talk about the worries that new technologies are causing.

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