[GingisK]

I was really hoping to have my very own Minotaur.

[Buttons12]

“Hit pause on gene editing: We have no idea...”

Hit pause, and we’ll find out from the Chinese.

[vikingd00d]

>>We have no idea what our attempts to play god with the human genome will unleash on humanity.

Trying stuff just to see what happens is kind of the point of science.

[Gamecock]

I think we all remember the pigman experiments of the 1990's.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

“Hit pause on gene editing: We have no idea what our attempts to play god with the human genome will unleash on humanity.”

They said the same thing about gene splicing in the 70s which has been the greatest advance in biological research and development since Mendel.

[Boogieman]

We’ve finished our news
Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use
All the strangers came today
And it looks as though they’re here to stay

[aimhigh]

The problem with gene editing is that scientists have almost no idea how the genes work, or the full ramifications of changing them.

There is a syndrome called 22Q11, which is a genetic deletion syndrome on the 22nd chromosome at location 22Q11.2. That small deletion can cause 200 different health defects. Every child with this deletion has a different set of health problems. 75% will have heart defects. 25% will become schizophrenic by age 20. 35% will have kidney defects. Scientists still haven’t figured out which DNA within this tiny deletion cause which problems.

[I want the USA back]

Germline gene editing, artificial life, 3-parent embryos and cloning are not in conformity with the natural order of things, and so the Trump administration has not been derelict.

[kosciusko51]

“Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something.”

― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park