article_snippet.sent: Many scientists have already reacted with horror at the idea, for fear the idea could be misused to allow parents to 'select' the genes parents will pass on to parents grandchildren.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Tony Perry, a geneticist at the University of Bath, said that society needed to be prepared for the day parents can choose certain traits in parents children.
article_snippet.sent: Many scientists have already reacted with horror at the idea, for fear the idea could be misused to allow parents to 'select' the genes parents will pass on to parents grandchildren . '
article_snippet.sent: our are concerned that a public outcry about such an ethical breach could hinder a promising area of therapeutic development, namely making genetic changes that cannot be inherited. '
article_snippet.sent: scientists fears tap into concerns that such technology could be used to create 'designer families' where certain traits are selected for.
highlights_snippet.sent: Some fear the technique could be misused to create 'designer families' 