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Introduction: years ahead when we decide to start having children, we may be able to pick them out! weither it be their hair color, eye color or even how athletic they are. People are using genetic engineering which is defined as: a method of manipulating human DNA of cells to change heredity traits or to stop cancers that can spread.(1) For medical reasons in unborn children and pregnant woman. The doctors take the embryo's with the disease genes out. Then they use gene therapies to repair the genes or take them out all together adn replaces genes where the others had genetic disorders. The doctors can test for these genes in human eggs, or in early stage embryo's. They take care of the genes that carry deathly diseases. This protects against Hemophilia, Tay-Sachs, anemia and alzhimers, certain types of cancer, lukemia, Cystic fibrosis, down syndrom. Almost any time of problem someone could have they could prevent if the parents of the unborn child have the money for these test and procedures.For instance a woman who is pregnant has a cancer that will 90% likely be spread to her unborn child before giving birth, they could change the genes and replace the disease causing ones and the baby will not be affected by this type of cancer.
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