Blog 3: The Key to a Healthy Kid Is...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/scientists-can-tweak-dna-but-should-they/2015/08/03/23589654-0481-11e5-8bda-c7b4e9a8f7ac_story.html

Source: Controversial gene therapy might help women have healthy children

In an article from the Washington Post, the United Kingdom recently allowed gene therapy for women which involving "snipping" out bad pieces of DNA and replacing it with DNA from potentially another mother in order for her offspring to be born most likely without a defect which is useful, but poses some ethical issues.

The inspiration for choosing this article came from one of my parent's friend's granddaughter who has a genetic defect which prevents her from living a long life, causes frequent seizures, and deformed her mouth in such a way that she always seems to smile.

The cause is most likely genetic which made me wondering if one could manipulate genes in such a way as to prevent this not only in her, but in children with other deformities before conception.