Bourgeois pigs kill suicidal 16 year old boy.

[kandrathe]

For the moment, we do not know how to make genetic alterations heritable. So the consequences are quite restricted.

We can and do make genetic alterations at the egg/ sperm level -- and if not lethal would be inheritable. Maybe we "don't" do it (at least publically), but we know how to do it. So the question would be; should we do it? I have a close friend who died from Cystic Fibrosis -- which is an inherited condition and we know the genes involved. Some genetic ailments we might entirely removed from the gene pool. Should we? I don't see why we wouldn't for this purpose.

Many labs around the world are proscribed from"Somatic" and "Germline" genetic engineering to human embryos, but I believe it is being done under the covers in private labs. It is certainly very commonly done to animals and plants in the US which has no ban on Chimera research at this time.

Google: Dr. Panos Zavos

Only ethics stand in the way, and that we know is a flimsy barrier.