10-02-2014, 07:51 PM
The technology itself could be only half a century away but unfortunately even when developed it will be illegal for many years.
Humans have irrational fear of new when it comes to biotech applied to themselves. Even when said applications are purely beneficial ,for example mitochondrial transplant which is currently hot topic of debate in UK, was first performed in 1997 in New Jersey by Jacques Cohen resulting in healthy girl and later in more than 20 babies.
Yet more than a decade later we still debate the ethics of this clearly beneficial therapy.
For those interested http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/3/513.full
Humans have irrational fear of new when it comes to biotech applied to themselves. Even when said applications are purely beneficial ,for example mitochondrial transplant which is currently hot topic of debate in UK, was first performed in 1997 in New Jersey by Jacques Cohen resulting in healthy girl and later in more than 20 babies.
Yet more than a decade later we still debate the ethics of this clearly beneficial therapy.
For those interested http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/3/513.full