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"good but error prone" describes all of medical care right now. Hell, pharmaceuticals aren't even good in many cases.
by dqpb 8y ago
"good but error prone" describes all of medical care right now. Hell, pharmaceuticals aren't even good in many cases.
- carbocation 8y agoThat's absolutely not the standard for deciding to conduct an experiment on humans.
- modzu 8y agoremember also its an unborn child -- its not an experiment on the living, consenting adult. child grows up, experiences whatever unknown consequences of the genetic experiment. thanks dad!
- barry-cotter 8y agoOnly true if your country and culture cares about IRBs. China doesn’t, it’s a quarter of the human population and it won’t be long until it’s that of global GDP at least. What a bunch of post Christians with delusions about the universality of their ethical code think does not bother them at all.
- goatlover 8y agoYeah, but then maybe India will counter-balance that. From what I've heard, their ethical code will be against any such modifications.
- ethbro 8y ago"Good but error prone" seems to aptly describe our current method of producing offspring. Gene editing is mandatory, if only because we've managed to turn many previously lethal mutations into livable, and reproducible, ones.