Reverberating George Bernard Shaw's quote; "Science never solves a problem without creating one", the present uproar surrounding the 'Genetically Engineered Babies' needs to be mellowed in light of debates arguing the ethics of 'Designer babies'.

These custom-ordered babies undoubtedly reflect the incredible strides in biotechnology but just because we can achieve certain results in the lab does not mean that this knowledge should be transferred into everyday life and be applied to make the 'perfect' human being.

In 1999, when Monique and Scott Collins, made a choice for female embryo while undergoing IVF treatment, it ignited a discussion of how along with gender selection, other traits such as skin, eye or hair color, height, and strength can also be chosen.

The rapid advances in the reproductive technologies have enlarged the knowledge of human genome, enabling doctors to modify and change genes to cure genetic diseases in embryos by replacing faulty sections of DNA with healthy DNA.

The CRISPR methods can be utilized to edit any portion of the genome of any species. DNA editing could allow parents to select for traits such as intelligence or strength in their unborn child.

However, the Designer babies becoming a cosmetic choice determined by parents, raising the question of whether it's ethical to modify the human race if it might lead to our extinction.

Nevertheless, without any limits to gene editing, the idea of genetic modifications getting out of hand seems quite inevitable. Although a complete moratorium on germ line modifications would deny this treatment to hopeful parents, society needs to decide where to draw the line, to avoid any unethical tampering.

Dr. Anthony Perry, University of Bath, who helped pioneer the field of DNA editing, and researches on CRISPR technology had edited the mouse genome using the 'molecular scissors'. Perry agrees that society must soon decide at which point the usage of these advances becomes unethical.