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Thanks to the new application of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), choosing many of a child’s characteristics is now possible, according to Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg of the Los Angeles-based IVF Fertility Center. Using PGD, Steinberg and company have claimed to be able to screen for certain cosmetic...
Although this capability represents a significant and laudable advance in scientific development, abuse of cosmetic trait selection has troubling social implications that need to be confronted by governments worldwide. Altering the genetic makeup of children for purely superficial purposes—rather than to avoid diseases or disorder�...
We cannot allow such a threat to become a reality through cosmetic selection. The dangers of prejudice still exist, and the effects of such arbitrary discrimination will be devastating now unless we take action. With the proliferation of cosmetic selection, certain characteristics that can be associated with different races would...
In 2006, Dr. Eric Finzi, a cosmetic surgeon in Maryland, injected Botox into frown lines around the mouth or in the forehead furrows of 10 clinically depressed women. The treatment was found to eliminate depression symptoms in nine of them and to reduce symptoms in the 10th woman. At the...
While the cosmetic industry did not fund Lewis' study, it will probably get a boost from his new Botox research. The industry has already shown interest in promoting Botox as a mood enhancer: "I have noted frequently that my patients who receive Botox seem happier," Joel Schlessinger, then president-elect...