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[–] ScorpioGlitch 3 points (+3|-0) Edited

And suppose these babies grow up to be functioning adults but are super violent or have some kind of genetic issue that causes their offspring to kill their mothers before birth or something else crazy. In neither case can we let them remain in society like normal adults. What are these people going to do then? How are they going to answer the ethical questions of whether or not these people should be imprisoned until death or killed?

And in case it hasn't occurred to anyone, mosquitoes can transfer DNA between people. Yeah.

[–] Sarcastaway 1 points (+1|-0)

How are they going to answer the ethical questions of whether or not these people should be imprisoned until death or killed?

I'd say ethics went out the window the moment they went forward with this. On the upside, I'll probably live long enough to see "GMO" become a slur. lol

[–] haltinganxiety 2 points (+2|-0)

The birth of the first genetically tailored humans would be a stunning medical achievement! I'm part of the group that sees it as a new form of medicine that eliminates genetic disease.

[–] Justintoxicated 1 points (+1|-0) Edited

I'm sure they tested on mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, etc.. before attempting in humans (testing in humans without first testing in animals and getting results is far too costly). CRISPR is not creating "genetic supermen", in the fact CRISPR technique is limited to only areas of DNA in which the CAS9 mechanism works. Basically with CRISPR (which is very far off from being on the market as a treatment for anything, it's extremely inefficient and expensive at this point without enough actual clinical data) you can get 4 scenarios 1. The gene inserted works as it should creating a healthy patient 2. The gene works as it should for awhile but the patient eventually reverts back to making damaged DNA 3. The gene does not work and is not replicated 4.The gene works however in combination with other genes of the patient it leads to a higher risk for another genetic disease (these scenarios are run extensively before attempting such a procedure as the goal is always to minimize variables and utilize animal models for maximum safety/efficacy, otherwise the data returned could heavily damage chance of approval).

[–] jobes 0 points (+0|-0)

China will probably start relaxing the children limitation rules if you agree to only have sterilized children via gene editing

[–] Umbra 0 points (+0|-0)

I can recall a time when mere stem cell research had all the ethicists, moralists, and jesusfreakos shitting themselves....you've come a long way baby! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80GYLwgVxQs