Lots of stories now popping up since CRISPR became a more commonly known technology for editing / altering genetic sequences//material (not sure of the right therm there)
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...ments-aim-to-create-gene-edited-human-embryos
Here's a recent one from NPR about a US series of experiments
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/health/gene-editing-babies-china.html
Here's one of many stories that have been circulating about Chinese experiments in the area (from Nov last year)
This article claims that the work resulted in the first HIV resistant babies......
but there doesn't appear to be any peer reviewed scientific publication associated with the methods / data / outcomes / limitations etc
Earlier - the Chinese created Mentally Ill monkeys.......
exhibiting signs of schizophrenia and what not
So - my primary question is this:
While this type of research (some legit / some not) almost always comes with the justification of the intent to reduce or eliminate the burden of "disease".......I think it's like ANY OTHER tech-advance
It'll take exactly 15 seconds for nations to seek to weaponize it if the concept / methods are repeatable and scalable
I'd like to hear your generic / rambling / scientific / gut-feel / responses to this notion and direction things are going in
What else could genetic editing do?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...ments-aim-to-create-gene-edited-human-embryos
Here's a recent one from NPR about a US series of experiments
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/health/gene-editing-babies-china.html
Here's one of many stories that have been circulating about Chinese experiments in the area (from Nov last year)
This article claims that the work resulted in the first HIV resistant babies......
but there doesn't appear to be any peer reviewed scientific publication associated with the methods / data / outcomes / limitations etc
Earlier - the Chinese created Mentally Ill monkeys.......
exhibiting signs of schizophrenia and what not
So - my primary question is this:
While this type of research (some legit / some not) almost always comes with the justification of the intent to reduce or eliminate the burden of "disease".......I think it's like ANY OTHER tech-advance
It'll take exactly 15 seconds for nations to seek to weaponize it if the concept / methods are repeatable and scalable
I'd like to hear your generic / rambling / scientific / gut-feel / responses to this notion and direction things are going in
What else could genetic editing do?
