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‘There is no way to stop this’: Canadian biotech entrepreneur wants to genetically modify babies (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] unknown@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I'm honestly surprised it hasn't been happening already. Maybe I just watched too much Fringe and Orphan Black.

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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I would be honestly suprised if it wasn't already happening. Probably has been for a few decades if you have enough money and the right connections.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

A Chinese couple paid a guy to gene edit their embryos so the babies were resistant to HIV.

Did the editing cause other off target effects? who knows.

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[+] PlanchettePhantom@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

Of course it did. The person who did it was jailed in China. It is illegal to genome edit with federal funding in the US, but it is legal in private companies, because you can do anything for profit in the US.

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