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Scientists Decipher Almost the Entire Genome of an Unborn Baby - Popular Science

Above is the story of how it is getting easier to get the genome of your child read early and easily.

This is an important and necessary step on the road to genetically managing and eventually manipulating reproduction.

The question of whether this is a good thing however is a little trickier.

Humanity could split in the relatively near future into two sub-populations: those who can afford genetic engineering or selection (as well as drugs which enhance brain function and medical care which will extend lives perhaps indefinitely) and those who can't. I think we are a long way from manipulating the genome to create something new, but we are very close to being able to select from what is already there.

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