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    Increasingly sophisticated genetic tests make it possible for parents to choose their babys traits. Here are three ways babies are born to specifications.
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    women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) could one day choose to have a baby boy with perfect vision, an aptitude for sports and a virtual lock on avoiding colon cancer. Fertility clinics in the U.S. currently offer not only to screen for diseases, but also to choose gender. They are not yet offering any further customization, but that could change as genetic mapping gets faster and easier. Last year, a California company said it could screen for hair and skin color, but soon retracted the claim amid a firestorm of protest. (Research like this has prompted Pope Benedict to condemn the obsessive search for the perfect child.) The best screening test on the market is called preimplantation genetic diagnosis. PGD, developed to prevent births of children with severe disorders, screens chromosomes from one or two of an embryos cells for abnormalities. Depending on the results, the IVF embryo is either implanted in the mother, donated for research or destroyed. Now, researchers at the privately run Genetics & IVF Institute in Virginia have developed a test called karyomapping. The new procedure compares the genetic maps of parents and embryos to detect 15,000 known genetic disorders. It could also be used to choose traits including intelligence or skin color. The future of genetic screening will really depend on what people want, Elizabeth Ginsburg, the former president of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, says. If that means creating socalled designer babies, were going to need a lot more regulation.

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    Savior Siblings: Parents with children who suffer from leukemia or anemia and who could benefit
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    Mike Troxell How much money do people spend (and the government) on children born with medical disorders? How is it See More
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