I only can rely on you but take a look on this document where it is considered a noun.
Quote:The National Consultative Ethics Committee published an Opinion on gene therapy on December 13th 1990.
Since that date, our knowledge about experimental models has progressed quite far, but applications to man are still very limited, and much time-consuming work needs to be done before we achieve convincing evaluation of the effectiveness and promise of these techniques.
Taking recent progress and new possibilities into consideration, it is opportune to flesh out some of the points made in the first Opinion.
It is first necessary to recall the ethical considerations of the Opinion dated December 13th 1990.
Only the correction of a specific genetic defect leading to severe symptoms in the patient should be considered, and any intervention should be formally prohibited, when the objective would be, to the exclusion of any therapeutic indication, to change an individual's general physical or mental characteristics.
Any attempt at germinal gene therapy is to be excluded. Germinal gene therapy is a procedure that affects reproductive cells, that is, male and female gametes (spermatoids and oocytes), and therefore involves transmission of the resulting genetic modification to the patient's progeny. In the present state of our knowledge and techniques, it would imply the transfer of a gene to a very early, unicellular embryo, resulting in a " transgenic" man or woman, possessing the supplementary " transgene" in all cells, and notably in his or her germinal cells. Transgenesis is commonly used in the animal and plant kingdoms, to endow the organism with characteristics that are " advantageous" for farmers, producers or industrialists
Wow, thanks for researching it Francis. At any rate,
www.m-w.com doesn't accept it as a word...
That I forgot to check, Mac! Let's go on.
There are at least three words that can follow BALDY.
