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Gene 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 surv
by bduerst 8y ago
Gene 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-...