Should we only have 'cancer-free' babies?

Haven't heard of the 'cancer-free' baby? Read this article from CNN Health. Well, here's the gist of it:

Born: the first baby who has been prescreened for the gene known to drastically increase the chances of developing breast or ovarian cancer.

Interesting, huh? I wonder whether we should start screening all embryos. It's like bottled water really. It doesn't matter whether we pollute the water around us, we can always buy water sourced from the French Alps at the local 7-11. Yup, as long as we can be filtered free of this nasty cancer gene, the world can sustain a lifestyle of hotdogs and Coke Zero.

If this post just made you want to go out and grab a bag of chips and a can of Coke, please enjoy the picture below.


Sarcomatous degeneration of testicular cancer
on
Dheitkamp's Flickr photostream.