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CRISPR/Cas9 is a technique that allows for the highly specific and rapid modification of DNA in a genome, the complete set of genetic instructions in an organism.

The CRISPR/Cas 9 technique is one of a number of gene-editing tools. Many favour the CRISPR/Cas9 technique because of its high degree of flexibility and accuracy in cutting and pasting DNA. One of the reasons for its popularity is that it makes it possible to carry out genetic engineering on an unprecedented scale at a very low cost. How it differs from previous genetic engineering techniques is that it allows for the introduction or removal of more than one gene at a time. This makes it possible to manipulate many different genes in a cell line, plant or animal very quickly, reducing the process from taking a number of years to a matter of weeks. It is also different in that it is not species-specific, so can be used on organisms previously resistant to genetic engineering.

[Meah]

Ewww. I smell politics here.

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Another evil pick by Bergoglio:

Doudna is known for spearheading the public debate to consider the ethical implications of using CRISPR-Cas9 to edit human embryos.

Professor Jennifer Doudna

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In the past there were brilliant Catholic clergy who could fill these roles. Wasn’t the scientist who corrected Einstein’s “fudge factor” a Catholic Bishop?

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The mission of the Academy is to honour pure science wherever it may be found,...even in abortuaries.

[Bayard]

I can technically see an argument strictly for therapeutic generepair for genetic disorders.

However, that sounds super bleeding edge in medical science. But if they recognize the there is a disruption genetic defects, they can change other things.

I fear a future of genetic slaves born to serve a master race.