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At the school’s Stem Cell Institute, IVF doctor and scientist Werner Neuhausser says he plans to begin using CRISPR, the gene-editing tool, to change the DNA code inside sperm cells.
The objective: to show whether it is possible to create IVF babies with a greatly reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease later in life.
Gene-editing could possibly help shape the health of the future generation. While it has been considered revolutionary, it has been the mayhem of the medical and scientific community. It raises the critical question– whether gene-editing is ethical to prevent disease?
the pandora's box is opened...
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...editing-sperm/
The objective: to show whether it is possible to create IVF babies with a greatly reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease later in life.
Gene-editing could possibly help shape the health of the future generation. While it has been considered revolutionary, it has been the mayhem of the medical and scientific community. It raises the critical question– whether gene-editing is ethical to prevent disease?
the pandora's box is opened...
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...editing-sperm/
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I agree with gene editing, if that guy was successful in eradicating HIV in those babies, then should be done for every child.
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I'm happy for them to go find out if it can be done I suppose, lost both my grandparents to protracted alz deaths and it's horrible.
I study DNA & Genetics (2nd yr) and the better techniques we get for identifying and tinkering with the stuff we're going to find more and more of these possibilities.
The wider argument on ethics is tough and i'm not confident adopting a position as the potential and likelihood of abuse is v high :/
I study DNA & Genetics (2nd yr) and the better techniques we get for identifying and tinkering with the stuff we're going to find more and more of these possibilities.
The wider argument on ethics is tough and i'm not confident adopting a position as the potential and likelihood of abuse is v high :/
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I'm happy for them to go find out if it can be done I suppose, lost both my granparents to protracted alz deaths and it's horrible.
I study DNA & Genetics (2nd yr) and the better techniques we get for identifiying and tinkering with the stuff we're going to find more and more of these possibilities.
The wider argument on ethics is tough and i'm not confident adopting a position as the potenential and likelihood of abuse is v high :/
I'm happy for them to go find out if it can be done I suppose, lost both my granparents to protracted alz deaths and it's horrible.
I study DNA & Genetics (2nd yr) and the better techniques we get for identifiying and tinkering with the stuff we're going to find more and more of these possibilities.
The wider argument on ethics is tough and i'm not confident adopting a position as the potenential and likelihood of abuse is v high :/
Actually i dont think i am ever going to have children
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I agree with gene editing, if that guy was successful in eradicating HIV in those babies, then should be done for every child.
I agree with gene editing, if that guy was successful in eradicating HIV in those babies, then should be done for every child.
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