2. Pre-implantation Genetic Screening Angelina Izzo
Assignment One Research
“By the Year 2040, Embryo Selection Could
Replace Sex as the Way Most of us Make Babies”
http://www.kurzweilai.net/by-the-year-2040-embryo-selection-could-replace-sex-as-the-way-most-of-us-make-babies
3. Pre-implantation Genetic Screening Angelina Izzo
Assignment One Research
-Human reproduction is about to undergo a radical
shift
https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org
4. Pre-implantation Genetic Screening Angelina Izzo
Assignment One Research
• At present, over a thousand such diseases can be
screened during PGS.
• Parents using IVF and PGS can select
embryos not carrying
those diseases.
https://isbibbio.wikispaces.com/
5. Pre-implantation Genetic Screening Angelina Izzo
Assignment One Research
• Some estimate we’ll be able to predict height
from cells taken from early stage embryos
within a couple of years and intelligence
within a decade.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.co
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6. Pre-implantation Genetic Screening Angelina Izzo
Assignment One Future Product or Service
• Pre-implantation Genetic Screening
• Genetic modification beneficial or detrimental?
• Creating “super-humans”
• Basically “deleting” genetic diseases
10. Pre-implantation Genetic Screening Angelina Izzo
After consideration
it was clear that the
name could be
simplified further
which created
GENEMOD,
the simple and
to the point
brand name
