And Great Movie, a Warning:
Posted on 02/01/2016 10:12:34 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Scientists in Britain just got approval to conduct research that involves editing the genetic material of healthy human embryos.
This is a big deal: The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is the first government agency in the world to endorse research that involves altering the human genome for research -- a move that could signal broader acceptance for a promising (but controversial) new area of science.
The research team, led by Dr. Kathy Niakan at the UK's Francis Crick Institute, is trying to better understand which genes allow a healthy human embryo to develop. Niakan's team will use a promising new technique, known as CRISPR/Cas9, to edit genes that are active following conception. They'll then stop the experiments at day seven and destroy the embryos (so that they can't be used to start a pregnancy).
The hope is that this gene hacking could help researchers better understand what causes miscarriages and infertility -- and perhaps one day lead to better treatments for infertility.
If Niakan's application gets approval from an ethics board, the research could start within months. But editing the human genome using CRISPR has not been without its critics.
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I saw this movie. I think Rock Hudson played the scientist.
Very attractive monster.
NO slippery slope here people...move along...
God is not amused.
What could possibly go wrong?
Back in the days of Noah, the fallen angels were teaching mankind how to make all kinds of strange mixed creatures. This will be cleared up by fire, not flood, this time. Look up! Your redemption draws neigh!
Yes, but He said it would happen, and He said what He was going to do about it! Maranatha!
And Great Movie, a Warning:
>perhaps one day lead to better treatments for infertility
Yeah, just what an overcrowded planet needs right now. Maybe better to discover the thug gene and eliminate it.
They’ll then stop the experiments at day seven and destroy the embryos
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They still are teaching this to fallen mankind, even while bound in chains under darkness for a season.
(Is the collider still shooting particles in Swizzerland? Seems to have gone quiet.)
Haven’t seen Gattaca but will try to find it on disk since you recommend it.
IOW, no GMO food, but GMO kids!
Darn it you beat me to it. Instead of what I inteded to post, I’ll say this: DAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TN!!!!!!!!
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