I was a research fellow part of the Missiplicity project and I worked on the feline cloning part of it.[1] I still remember protesters at Texas A&M and how our

I was a research fellow part of the Missiplicity project and I worked on the feline cloning part of it.[1] I still remember protesters at Texas A&M and how our lab was in an anonymous outbuilding near the vet school and we had occasional threats from various groups and various talking heads pontificated as they were prone to do. While gene edited children aren’t clones, the bioethics aspects aren’t much different. But, this too shall pass. A lot of hand wringing, then a Streisand type will have a gene edited child and all will be forgiven. (I mentioned Streisand because she had her dog cloned not long ago.)[2] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2002/feb/15/genetics.highereducation https://www.theguardian.com/science/2002/feb/15/genetics.hig... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/feb/28/copycat-culture-is-it-wrong-to-clone-a-beloved-dead-pet https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/feb/...