Designer Baby: In-Vitro Fertilization

The first incident of a “designer baby” occurred in the mid-1990s. It was facilitated by a man, Jacques Cohen, who believed he had discovered a way for infertile women to become pregnant. In order to achieve this, Jacques used DNA from the mother, a father, and also a third party DNA donor for “cytoplasmic transfer.” It was later found out that this “cytoplasmic transfer” actually gave the children extra mitochondrial DNA. Thus, the first “genetically enhanced” baby was born.
The Genetic Modifying of embryos is a type of in-vitro fertilization. In-vitro fertilization works by the extraction of eggs from the mother and sperm from the father. They are fertilized in a small petri dish (hence the name “test-tube babies”), and the embryo is transferred back to the mother’s uterus. A baby can be genetically modified during this process with the use of a third “parent”- who will be the donor for mitochondria inserted into the embryo. These mitochondria hold the genes of the “third parent” and will therefore be incorporated into the embryo to achieve the desired effect. …show more content…
And there is a great deal of controversy over the idea of “designer babies.” The way scientists have found methods to genetically alter human embryos to be able to lower a child’s’ risk of developing many disorders and illnesses, is certainly a miracle, I mean this could save a lot of babies, but I´m not agree when parent just want to change, hair and eye color, height, athletic ability, intelligence and other qualities or being able to dictate