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It is coming.Researchers edited a non-viable embryo’s genome to remove a gene that causes thalassemia, a serious blood disorder that can cause anaemia and even death.
The study, published in Protein and Cell, employs a relatively new method to remove trouble-making genes from the genome called CRISPR/Cas9. It’s previously been successful in animal tests, and it has been tested on human DNA before, but those studies did not alter what’s called the human “germ line” — what any theoretical baby would pass onto future generation through its eggs or sperm.
I tried to get my kids to go into this field of study so that we could "customize" Arabs..This sort of stuff scares me because of the potential it has for becoming a money making industry that allows people to "customize" their children.
I tried to get my kids to go into this field of study so that we could "customize" Arabs..
Well the overt racism came to this thread faster than I thought.
Well the overt racism came to this thread faster than I thought.
This has the potential to do tremendous good in the world. It also has the potential to do great evil. Not sure how I feel about it, but science will inevitably get there, and relatively soon. Then we shall see.
This sort of stuff scares me because of the potential it has for becoming a money making industry that allows people to "customize" their children.
Well the overt racism came to this thread faster than I thought.
This has the potential to do tremendous good in the world. It also has the potential to do great evil. Not sure how I feel about it, but science will inevitably get there, and relatively soon. Then we shall see.
What does "costumizing" terrorists have to do with race?Well the overt racism came to this thread faster than I thought.
Covert????
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