Looks like "designer babies" are getting closer to becoming a reality
in our lifetime.  How about in 2 years?

And, CAN HUMAN CLONING BE FAR BEHIND?

For non-religionists and non-"bioethics" dupes, these breakthroughs
can't come soon enough. Humanity NEEDS clones -- to sustain our kind in
the wake of increased global war, terror, disease, climate change,
starvation, and murder, all of which will plague the 21st century .
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The WashingtonPost is reporting that a "Texas company has started
producing batches of ready-made embryos that single women and infertile
couples can order after reviewing detailed information about the race,
education, appearance, pesonality and other characteristics pf the egg
andsperm donors.

"The Abraham Center of Life LLC of San Antonio, the first commercial
dealer making embryos in advance for unspecified recipients, was
created to help make it easier and more affordable for clients to have
babies that match their preferences, according to its founder.

"We're just trying to help people have babies," said Jennalee Ryan, who
arranged for an egg donor to start medical treatments to produce a
second batch of embryos  this week.

"For me, that's what this is all about: helping make babies."

[MORE at:  http://www,washingtonpost.com,   Jan. 6, 2007, Page A1]

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NEWS RELEASE

The Abraham Center of Life L.L.C., a center for infertility, announced
the opening of the world's first human embryo bank. At the bank,
donor-created embryos are available to infertile couples and are
shipped to the recipient parents' medical clinic for i

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SAN ANTONIO, TX / PR FREE / Jul 28 2006 --

Until now, the only embryos that have been available for donation, also
referred to as adoption, have been discarded embryos left over from
in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles involving infertile families.
Issues with this technique include incredibly low success rates
(approximately 30 percent) and the emotional attachments that the
infertile genetic parents sometimes have when relinquishing genetic
offspring to strangers.

With donor embryos, the success rate is approximately 70 percent,
without the discomfort of involving the biological parents. The cost is
approximately a third of the cost of adoption (which often has
complications such as drug and alcohol use during pregnancy, genetic
mental illnesses, fraudulent birthmothers and those that change their
minds) and approximately a third of the cost of IVF using an egg donor.

The creation of the embryo bank will allow couples that cannot afford
adoption or other infertility treatments an opportunity to have a
family.

More information is available by contacting Jennalee Ryan at
210.698.6604 or by visiting www.theabrahamcenteroflife.com.

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