CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper February 26, 2014 21:15:00
Procedure is professor art caplan. you say the research has convinced you that this technique should be pursued. what do you think about the concerns that this technology amounts to playing god or could eventually lead to so-called designer babies? >> well, the technique itself, jake, is pretty simple. it's replacing damaged batteries in cells by taking them from another egg and putting them into a woman who's got a history of genetic diseases. those batteries that give energy to cells that don't work right. that in itself is not the road to eugenics and picking the traits of our children. wha...