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How to edit a human
- Mahn 8y agoIt's worth noting that, while fascinating, CRISPR is not yet a solved problem, as the technique in its current iteration can apparently introduce random mutations and damage [1]. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05736-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05736-3
- ASalazarMX 8y agoNow I understand why the augments are so unruly.
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- bduerst 8y agoGene editing has always been a crapshoot, from e.coli to crops. You basically perform the insertion on a large number of cells and then pick the ones that survive. I'm oversimplifying it, but the point is that there are a lot of causalities with the process. You can't really do that with a living human being.
- kingbirdy 8y agoYou can't do it ethically. I wouldn't put it past someone (or some country) to start trying anyway, if they haven't already.
- moyix 8y agoThey have already: https://gizmodo.com/china-has-already-gene-edited-86-people-with-crispr-1822297524 https://gizmodo.com/china-has-already-gene-edited-86-people-...
- Rotdhizon 8y agoI've never seen it mentioned, but I'd be ecstatic if someone who knew what the PC RPG series Geneforge is, and made a reference to this modern day dna/gene editing technology.
- excalibur 8y agoChainsaws are also effective.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't do this here.
- SonnyWortzik 8y agoan ethical debate and interesting.
- lsiq 8y ago“The dystopic view would be IVF clinics that offer parents a menu of options for kids,” she says. “Nobody has kids by sex anymore. You go to a clinic, pick from a menu, say, ‘I want my kid to be this tall, have this colour of eye, this level of IQ,’ and all those sorts of things. I think that would be terrible.” - Doudna It may be unpalatable to our sensibilities now, but this is actually the most likely scenario for how our species as we now know it will cease to exist. I have no doubt that we will upgrade ourselves into other species. There will be conflict over it, but attempting to ban this will never work. The technology exists NOW, how much longer do you think it will take for the will to be there? I'd give it less than 10 years for the first baby, and 5 generations to have a genetically divided society.
- PacifyFish 8y agoThe technology exists now? How do I ensure my kid has an IQ of 200 today?
- lsiq 8y agoDon't be hyperbolic, the process is obviously gradual. I'm sure there are a couple dozen scientists who could give you a probabilistic answer to your 2nd question though.
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- watertom 8y agoWhen will it be possible to reverse, in humans, the inability to synthesize vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid), it's due to a mutations in the L-gulono-γ-lactone oxidase (GLO) gene which codes for the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the last step of vitamin C biosynthesis.