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To eliminate Mendelian disease. To increase lifespan, health, intellectual ability, and productivity? This is quite possible with minimal technological advancem
by ZhuanXia 7y ago
To eliminate Mendelian disease. To increase lifespan, health, intellectual ability, and productivity? This is quite possible with minimal technological advancement. Why exactly is this bad? Because we saw a Star Trek episode?
Shunning these technologies will be seen, in time, as akin to the shunning of inoculations in the Victorian era.
When you find yourself cheering on, however indirectly, Mendelian disease consider perhaps that you are one of the baddies.
- throwawaytkgll 7y agoWe are nowhere near any of the things you mention and a bunch of GWASes aren't going to change this.
- MagnumOpus 7y agoGenomic diagnostics for trisomies or other conditions on embryos are routine. Pre implantation diagnosis for all the conditions mentioned above will be commercially available in 2-3 years, and cheap enough for the Everyman in less than 10. And everyone who can afford it will use it, no matter their public views.
- throwawaytkgIl 7y agoYes, we picked the low hanging fruit a long time ago - the rare variants causing devlopmental defects etc. This is not what we are talking about. As for your predictions - they've been said over and over again ever since I started embarking on the genomics hype 7 years ago. The reality is much more boring and selecting for complex traits that heavily interact with the environment is bound to have disappointing returns.