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"HIV resistance" is a false reduction of the gene editing that went on. Those genes that were edited encode proteins that the body uses for other things, and th
by heavyset_go 5y ago
"HIV resistance" is a false reduction of the gene editing that went on. Those genes that were edited encode proteins that the body uses for other things, and thus can have potential consequences, when changed, that nobody was able to consent to.
- freemint 5y agoHopefully the mother consented to it. Mothers also consent to mixing their genome with the father's genome. It don't see why this would be different with edited genomes.
- elliekelly 5y agoShe did not consent: > The scientist forged documents from an ethics review panel to recruit couples for the research
- freemint 5y agoAre those documents that the parents where supposed sign or documents the ethic panel was supposed to sign. There is a huge difference in that.
- bpodgursky 5y agoThe editing was to imitate a natural mutation of CCR5 which is already present in 1% of northern europeans.
- heavyset_go 5y agoSickle-cell trait is in ~5% of people, and it's a natural mutation against malaria, but that doesn't meant mean it's ethical to inflict its consequences on someone without their consent.