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Why can't we do gene editing on babies?
This would eliminate so many diseases that plague humanity.
It's also the most likely cure to cancer.
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because you don't know the consequences of inheriting manmade genetic mutation
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>>16963983
cool it with the anti semitism
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Why cant we gene edit lumps of organs or cells instead? Like having a lab grown heart or lung or muscle and then have lab test experiments with new heart transplants or drug test? Or gene edit these organs and body parts?
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The answer is that we haven’t master the technology enough yet. What they need to do first is choose another large, complex mammal, gene editing multiple traits in, then track said traits over several generations to see the potential changes and issues.
This has been done on a small scale but on the larger scale of genetic engineering everybody wants (where you’re editing thousands of genes for height, IQ, dick size, etc and hoping they all come out without issue) it’s yet to be demonstrated.
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>>16963983
The fuck has a baby ever done for me? All those little freeloaders know how to do is drink milk and shit themselves. It's obscene that they'd get the fancy cures before people like you and me.
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Pretty sure those chinks are doing it undercover anyway, we'll find out soon enough if it does or doesn't work
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>gene editing becomes widely available
>every baby suddenly born white
>with a 12" schlong
>even the girls
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>I want to live on a planet of 30 billion people where the average age is 80
thats why
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because it's currently safer to just choose which embryo to give birth to (polygenic screening)

this is what rich people are doing. Once gene edited babies are 99.9999% safe to do without risk of mosaics etc, rich people will switch to it
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>because you don't know the consequences of inheriting manmade genetic mutation
Thats why we should try it with a test group :)
We already know its possible with animals, so why not do human trials?

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