euphenics การใช้

• In the early 1960s, Joshua Lederberg invented the term euphenics to differentiate the practice from eugenics, which was widely unpopular at the time.
• In the 1970s, considerable effort was put towards the developing field of euphenics since it was seen as a positive form of genetic engineering.
• One of the first publicized applications of euphenics was the use of vitamins containing folic acid during pregnancy to combat neural-tube deficiencies such as spina bifida in the 1970s.
• Theodosius Dobzhansky, an outspoken proponent of euphenics, argued that by improving genetic conditions so that people could live normal, healthy lives, people could lessen the impact of genetic conditions, thus lowering future interest in eugenics or other kinds of genetic manipulation.
• Euphenics is used today in the medical community to more generally refer to methods of affecting a genetic condition in a positive manner through diet, lifestyle or environment, such as the use of insulin to control diabetes or installation of a pacemaker to offset a heart defect.
• Lederberg's 1963 paper, " Biological Future of Man " suggested that, while molecular biology might one day make it possible to change the human genotype, " what we have overlooked is euphenics, the engineering of human development . " Lederberg constructed the word " euphenics " to emphasize changing the phenotype after conception rather than the genotype which would affect future generations.
• Lederberg's 1963 paper, " Biological Future of Man " suggested that, while molecular biology might one day make it possible to change the human genotype, " what we have overlooked is euphenics, the engineering of human development . " Lederberg constructed the word " euphenics " to emphasize changing the phenotype after conception rather than the genotype which would affect future generations.