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Nature 408, 769-771 (14 December 2000) | doi:10.1038/35048626

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Gene games of the future

See associated Correspondence: Redei, Nature 409, 761 (February 2001)

Veronica van Heyningen1

The relegation of sex from being procreational to purely recreational may be premature, but Gregory Stock, one of the editors of this volume, believes that the production of designer babies will eventually take over from normal reproduction.Altering the human genome in a permanently heritable manner (germline gene therapy) is highly controversial, and in many countries it is prohibited.