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If there are issues, then it is very important to abort the experiment, and go back to studying DNA. Altering something so crucial to life, and its life-long he

by Valmar 8y ago

If there are issues, then it is very important to abort the experiment, and go back to studying DNA. Altering something so crucial to life, and its life-long health, is fraught with many-faceted issues. It's dangerous to tinker without a truly full knowledge of what one is doing.

subroutine 8y ago
"Abort the experiment"? Yeah... since we're working with humans now, you can't exactly "abort" the experiment unless the mother has an actual abortion. This plays-off what I just mentioned above; there are a heap of politics to consider now. If tomorrow's headlines read: CRISPR Twins Aborted ...it's suddenly a political issue. An issue that could result in ~half the US population calling for regulation due to safety concerns and the other half demanding regulation from an ethical pretext (so, religious reasons).