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I'm 26 right now and I'm not planning to have kids until I'm 35 for this exact reason. I don't want my kid to say: "Daddy, why do other kids have disease resist

by zavi 8y ago

I'm 26 right now and I'm not planning to have kids until I'm 35 for this exact reason. I don't want my kid to say: "Daddy, why do other kids have disease resistance and I don't? Do you not love me? Or were you one of those stupid anti-CRISPRers who don't believe in science (the anti-vaxxers of the next decades)?" I'd rather wait for 5-10 years to make sure I don't make a lifelong mistake.

toomuchtodo 8y ago
Don’t wait too long, reproductive tissue begins to degrade in your 30s.
- p1esk 8y ago
  Source?
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/3536609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/3536609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253726/
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patrickthebold 8y ago
I did the same thing with my last computer. I waited years because something better was just around the corner.
SamReidHughes 8y ago
Every year you wait, your sperms carry more and more mutations.
- zozbot123 8y ago
  That's easily fixed: freeze your sperms. A bit pricey, but not nearly as much as a baby, CRISPR or otherwise.
  - SamReidHughes 8y ago
    For those wondering, this guy's reply came first. He called it!
- zavi 8y ago
  Sperm frozen in a foreign cryobank since 2017
  - SamReidHughes 8y ago
    Nice. (Why foreign?)
    - zavi 8y ago
      It's cheaper.
fma 8y ago
5-10 years for this stuff to pass FDA approval? Better luck with your grandkids instead.
- zavi 8y ago
  中国更快
saalweachter 8y ago
Frankly the technology is not 5-10 years away. Decades, plural. I'd be surprised if we saw it used as a reproductive aid to correct severe hereditary genetic disorders in the next 5-10 years, and we won't see it used for optional modifications until we have twenty or thirty years of experience from the "better than the alternatives" modifications that the techniques aren't just creating massive amounts of cancer.

by zavi 8y ago

toomuchtodo 8y ago

Don’t wait too long, reproductive tissue begins to degrade in your 30s.

p1esk 8y ago
Source?
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/3536609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/3536609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253726/

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patrickthebold 8y ago

I did the same thing with my last computer. I waited years because something better was just around the corner.

SamReidHughes 8y ago

Every year you wait, your sperms carry more and more mutations.

zozbot123 8y ago
That's easily fixed: freeze your sperms. A bit pricey, but not nearly as much as a baby, CRISPR or otherwise.
- SamReidHughes 8y ago
  For those wondering, this guy's reply came first. He called it!
zavi 8y ago
Sperm frozen in a foreign cryobank since 2017
- SamReidHughes 8y ago
  Nice. (Why foreign?)
  - zavi 8y ago
    It's cheaper.

fma 8y ago

5-10 years for this stuff to pass FDA approval? Better luck with your grandkids instead.

zavi 8y ago
中国更快

saalweachter 8y ago

Frankly the technology is not 5-10 years away. Decades, plural. I'd be surprised if we saw it used as a reproductive aid to correct severe hereditary genetic disorders in the next 5-10 years, and we won't see it used for optional modifications until we have twenty or thirty years of experience from the "better than the alternatives" modifications that the techniques aren't just creating massive amounts of cancer.