designer baby - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:20:25 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg designer baby - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Uncommon baby names on the rise https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/03/21/uncommon-baby-names-individualistic-culture/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:15:11 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=144777 Research shows today's rising popularity of uncommon baby names reflects a move from collectivism to individualistic societies. Globally, it seems parents increasingly value unique names to help children stand out instead of fit in. Read more

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Research shows today's rising popularity of uncommon baby names reflects a move from collectivism to individualistic societies.

Globally, it seems parents increasingly value unique names to help children stand out instead of fit in. Read more

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UK to create IVF babies with three people's DNA https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/07/02/uk-to-create-ivf-babies-with-three-peoples-dna/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 19:01:11 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=46355 The United Kingdom looks set to become the first country in the world to allow the creation of IVF babies using DNA from three people. The government said it would draft regulations to allow human embryos to be created in this way to avoid mitochondrial diseases. But the director of Human Genetics Alert, called the Read more

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The United Kingdom looks set to become the first country in the world to allow the creation of IVF babies using DNA from three people.

The government said it would draft regulations to allow human embryos to be created in this way to avoid mitochondrial diseases.

But the director of Human Genetics Alert, called the method "unnecessary and unsafe" and said it would lead to "a eugenic designer baby market".

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