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基因科技如何影響臉的未來？
未來的臉是否將不再受生物演化影響，而是由基因科技所主導呢？
科學家相信臉部特徵是許多基因的產物，而這些基因彼此間複雜的互動造就了每一張獨一無二的臉。雖說如此，至今尚未有任何一個參與臉部特徵形成的基因被發現。
然而，基因必須有一連串臉部特徵的密碼，才能組合出一個調和的臉部外貌；反之亦然。自塞爾蘇斯（西元前２５年至西元４５年）起，醫學家便嘗試找出疾病與臉孔的關連性。唐氏症和努南氏症患者的非典型臉孔和一般大眾有別，因此使得臉孔成為疾病診斷的依據。
目前科學家正對臉型與疾病之關係做更細微詳盡的研究，包括精神分裂症的早期診斷及其他神經系統的症狀。
你是否會想要選擇自己子女的長相呢？或者你是否想在他們出生時便知道未來他們會產生身體或神經系統方面的疾病呢？
How does gene technology affect the faces of the future?
Will the future face be shaped by gene technology rather than by biological evolution?
Scientists believe that facial features are the product of many genes and that these genes may interact in a complex way to produce a unique face. As yet, however, not a single gene involved in the formation of facial features has been discovered.
However, in order to assemble a consistent facial appearance, genes must code for a number of facial features. The converse is also true. Since Celsus (25 B.C.-45 A.D.), physicians have attempted to correlate the face to disease. In Downs syndrome and Noonan's Syndrome, the atypical faces are mapped against the facial norms of the population, thereby enabling the use of the face in the diagnosis of disease.
Scientists are currently researching more subtle variations in the relationships between facial form and disease, including the early diagnosis of schizophrenia and other neurological conditions.
Would you like to be able to chose the face of your child and or to know at birth whether he or she will develop a physical or neurological illness?
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