7. Now Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg says he has found the way to take this process one step further by implanting the embryos that give the genetic traits parents want.

现在，斯坦伯格医生称他已经找到了方法，通过植入带有父母想要的遗传特征胚胎来进一步推进这一过程。

8. But will it work? ABC news spoke to a variety of doctors, who say it is theoretically possible. 

但这可行吗？美国广播公司新闻节目采访了各方面的医生，他们说这在理论上是可能的。

9. "Theoretically, I suppose there is a specific gene that has been discovered to be truly a gene that represents a given trait, that possibly anything can be looked for and potentially identified and applied."

“从理论上讲，我想有一种专门的基因已被发现确实是代表某一特征的。任何基因有可能被发现，可能得到鉴别和应用。”

10. There are no laws prohibiting this brave new reproductive world, but ethicists say there should be. 

现在还没有法律禁止生殖领域里这一最新的事态发展，但是伦理学家说应当要立法。

11. "Designing your descendents and seeking a perfection is a biggest slipslop we could go on. Are the rich going able to do it and the poor not?"

“设计你的后代，选择一个完美的人是我们谈论最无聊的话题。是否富人有能力而穷人就没有能力做呢？”

12. "Are we going to create a kind of some population of the genetically perfect as against everybody else?"

“我们是要创造某种基因完美的人群来与别的人作对照吗？”

13. Some argue that parents should be not allowed to play god, but Dr. Steinberg makes good on his promise. This may turn out to be reality we all need to confront. 

一些人主张不应让父母去当上帝，装作无所不能的样子。但是斯坦伯格医生要实现他的诺言。这可能会成为一个我们都需要面对的现实。

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