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Here's a newer article on the results: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/health/chinese-scientists-edit-genes-of-human-embryos-raising-concerns.html https://ww

by foobaw 9y ago

Here's a newer article on the results: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/health/chinese-scientists-edit-genes-of-human-embryos-raising-concerns.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/health/chinese-scientists... The conclusion: technology is not ready for editing genes of human embryos yet.

pcnonpc 9y ago
The interview was mainly about embryo selection, not genetic engineering.
HiroshiSan 9y ago
What hope do us simpletons have with this technology? Will we be able to edit our DNA to raise our IQ? Learn more efficiently? Better Memory? Etc...
gwern 9y ago
That paper was obsolete when it was done, even more obsolete when it was published, and totally obsolete now when even on the front page of HN, right now (presumably prompting this submission), there is an article about US researchers successfully editing human embryos with few or no off-targets.