Gene Editing: Are Scientists Going Too Far?

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For all of human history:

[Insert new thing]: Are Scientists Going Too Far?

Consider the converse: if there are debilitating genetic diseases that cause incredible suffering, is it good or ethical to deliberately refuse to prevent or treat them on the basis of vague concerns that have not materialized?

While I agree that it is good to treat and cure diseases, the third perspective in the article (David King) argues that gene editing has rapidly advanced recently. The main evidence of this the UK approval of an experiment that uses the Crispr-Cas9 method, which was only developed 3 years ago.

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