VeronicaNeffinger | Editor, ChristianHeadlines.com | Friday, June 10, 2016

翻译：Ruth-Wei

A team of U.K. scientists is pushing to develop a process for genetically modified babies, using DNA from four parents.

英国的一个科学团队推动了一项用4个父母的DNA来制造转基因婴儿的项目。

The Christian Institute reports that a group of scientists at Newcastle University have been experimenting with Pro-Nuclear Transfer (PNT), which involves transferring DNA from one embryo (created with DNA from two parents) to another embryo (also created with DNA from two parents), thus creating an embryo with DNA from four different individuals.

基督教研究所报道了纽卡斯尔大学的一个科学团队一直进行原核移植的实验，该实验将一个胚胎（含有2个父母的DNA）的DNA移植到另一个胚胎（也含有2个父母的DNA）中，以此制造含有来自4个不同父母DNA的胚胎。

Many scientists and ethicists have condemned the process because it is risky and involves the destruction of hundreds of embryos.

很多的科学家和伦理学家都谴责这个项目因为很有风险并且会导致成百的胚胎被毁坏。

Nevertheless, the New castle team hopes to continue with their research.

然而，纽卡斯尔团队希望继续进行他们的研究。

Scientific journal Nature recently published an article claiming that the process  of PNT is safe and can lead to normal pregnancies.

《科学》杂志最近刊登了一篇文章声明说原核移植的项目是安全的还可以进行正常的妊娠。

However, Deputy Director of The Christian Institute Humphrey Dobson, disagrees. Dobson said scientists “can’t possibly know that it is safe.” Dobson also warned that problems may not be immediately obvious, but “may only arise in the generations to come.”

但是，基督教研究所的副主任汉弗莱道博森不同意。道博森说科学家“不可能知道那是安全的”。他还警戒说也许很多问题现在都不明显，但是“很有可能会在后代中出现”。

Last year, the U.K. became the first country to legalize the creation of three or four-parent babies, which is also known as “mitochondrial replacement.”

去年，英国成为第一个合法制造可以有三四个父母的转基因婴儿，也称之为“线粒体置换体”。

In addition to warning that this process could be unsafe, scientists have cautioned that it could lead to the acceptance of eugenics.

另外为了提醒也许这个项目是不安全的，科学家们还警告说这个可能会导致人们只接受优生。