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AP Exclusive: First gene-edited babies claimed in China
AP ^ | 11/25/2018 | AP

Posted on 11/26/2018 2:14:02 AM PST by cowpoke

A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; editing; gene; helixmakemineadouble

1 posted on 11/26/2018 2:14:02 AM PST by cowpoke
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To: cowpoke

“The very blueprint of life”?

Not just “the blueprint of life”?

I’m convinced, then. Must not be a hoax if it’s the “VERY blueprint if life”.


2 posted on 11/26/2018 2:16:27 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: cowpoke

This could bring back Circuses, maybe it’s not all bad.


3 posted on 11/26/2018 2:22:07 AM PST by MrKatykelly (Hello)
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To: cowpoke
Andrew Grove of Intel (joined the day it was incorporated) said about technology, "if it can be done, it will be done."

The same prediction applies to science.

Our race (the human race) is on the verge of some really strange changes. Sounds a lot like Genesis 6 and the Book of Enoch.

4 posted on 11/26/2018 2:41:00 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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5 posted on 11/26/2018 2:42:07 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (FreeRepublic.com is the most-used app on my iPhone.)
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To: cowpoke

His goal is to prevent them from getting HIV. So this is the first thing they want to genetically alter??? I would have thought he would try to make them resistent to climate change.


6 posted on 11/26/2018 3:18:46 AM PST by HarleyD
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To: cowpoke

China is certainly in the news today. My Goodness!


7 posted on 11/26/2018 3:26:03 AM PST by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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To: MrKatykelly

“This could bring back Circuses, maybe it’s not all bad.”

I foresee a much more sinister future for cloning.....


8 posted on 11/26/2018 3:36:07 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: cowpoke

CRISPR technology has been out for a while. I am guessing that this has been done by most major powers for some time. In search of super soldier’s.


9 posted on 11/26/2018 4:29:40 AM PST by D Rider
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To: cowpoke

How do they know the engineered HIV block is effective unless they deliberately ATTEMPT to infect the kids with HIV..?

Does anyone doubt that China, a country that harvests Faulin Gong organs and assigns all citizens a social compliance metric, will TEST the HIV block..?

I don’t have the tiniest doubt.

China is becoming a MONSTER.


10 posted on 11/26/2018 5:34:06 AM PST by gaijin
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To: cowpoke

As if we don’t already have enough problems with homosexuals and the “transgendered”.


11 posted on 11/26/2018 6:02:30 AM PST by libertylover (I'm not against immigration; I'm against ILLEGAL immigration.)
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To: cowpoke

Very very bad idea. Messing with the normal way nature works will lead to a weakening of the human race over time.
But nobody cares! they talk about the great scientific achievement, but it isn’t.


12 posted on 11/26/2018 6:03:26 AM PST by I want the USA back (It's Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
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To: RoosterRedux

He also said “Only the paranoid survive.”!


13 posted on 11/26/2018 6:15:26 AM PST by null and void (Socialist Worker's Party. If they ever get elected, you'll work and they'll party.)
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To: gaijin
One of the kids...


14 posted on 11/26/2018 6:23:53 AM PST by null and void (Socialist Worker's Party. If they ever get elected, you'll work and they'll party.)
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To: HarleyD

The Chinese are doing a Public Relations event to get world wide approval for their genetics program. The CCR5 receptor is a window that allows the aids virus to enter the white blood cell and feed and multiply inside the white blood cell.The modification closes the window and prevents the aids virus from entering. A big win for the human race. What is being done by the Chinese that they are not telling us about is where the threat to humanity lies. Super soldiers, pathogens of DNA Warfare?! Who Knows.


15 posted on 11/26/2018 8:52:49 AM PST by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

16 posted on 11/26/2018 10:22:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: cowpoke

How much editing did they do? Do these children have straight black hair and brown, almond eyes?


17 posted on 11/26/2018 11:14:58 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("The word 'racist' is used to describe 'every Republican that's winning'" --Donald Trump)
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To: Trumpet 1

Every time man gets one of these “brillant” ideas, it only creates far more problems then it solves. Who knows what will happen or what kind of diseases we might create by attempting to alter human DNA. And once altered DNA gets into society, it will be impossible to stopped.

Man does not have enough wisdom to play God.


18 posted on 11/26/2018 1:34:02 PM PST by HarleyD
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