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> Blatantly obvious ethical issues aside, embryos are hard to tamper with I'm not suggesting tampering with an embryo - rather, editing the sperm or egg cells.
by defen 11y ago
> Blatantly obvious ethical issues aside, embryos are hard to tamper with
I'm not suggesting tampering with an embryo - rather, editing the sperm or egg cells. I don't think the ethics is going to stop people when there is a chance of giving your offspring a significant advantage. But like I said, this is purely from an "outside" perspective - I don't know much about the field.
- OopsCriticality 11y agoI'm fairly certain editing sperm or eggs is going to be even more challenging than an embryo---think of the effects of meiosis alone. Contrast your prediction of elective eugenics for offspring with my own for autologous bone marrow transplants for sickle cell anemia: sickle cell is a single point mutation, there's a lot of tissue that we can sequence and work with, you don't need to transform anywhere near 100% of the tissue to get a good therapeutic effect, and we already do cure sickle cell anemia with bone marrow transplants given the right circumstances. All of that is in part why I think you are completely wrong with your prediction.