Within three decades people will no longer be having sex to procreate, a professor from Stanford University has said.  Hank Greely, the director of Stanford’s Law School’s Center for Law and the Biosciences, believes the reproductive process will begin with parents choosing from a range of embryos created in a lab with their DNA.  Although this can already take place, Mr Greely believes it will become far cheaper to do so and couples will opt for this method to prevent

diseases. The process involves taking a female skin sample to create stem cells, which is then used to create eggs.  These eggs are then fertilized with sperm cells, resulting in a selection of embryos. Screening of the embryos would highlight any potential diseases and the Stanford professor believes the process will get to a point where parents can also potentially have the ability to choose eye or hair color.  READ MORE


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