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It's unfortunate that the US made this experiment illegal. At least wait for the results of the research before making a conclusion! Needless to say, put in saf
by mankash666 10y ago
It's unfortunate that the US made this experiment illegal. At least wait for the results of the research before making a conclusion! Needless to say, put in safeguards to contain damage, if any.
- snuxoll 10y agoWhat safeguards could you even put in place that wouldn't deprive the child of basic human rights? The major fear I could see is that the child could pass damaged genetic material down to their offspring that may not cause immediate harm in a single generation, but over the course of N generations the resulting genetic mutation from daily life + combination with other DNA during fertilization could potentially cause serious issues. How do you protect against that? Stop a human being from ever having children? The dangers of mucking with the DNA of a human are much higher putting self-driving cars on the road or splicing genes into simpler organisms like crops. Now, to be fair: this wasn't actually genetic modification, but "simply" replacing the mitochondria of the embryo with that provided by a donor. The dangers here are minimal in reality, from what I can tell.