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Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment

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1168 points jbredeche | 4 comments | 15 May 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ecshafer ◴[15 May 25 19:58 UTC] No.43998721[source]▶
As a father, the idea of being told my 1 week old baby is going to die would be my worst nightmare. The fact these doctors and scientists saved this childs life is a monument to modern medical science. This is absolutely insane. Hopefully the child doesnt need a liver transplant, but this is a great leap forward.
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thijson[dead post] ◴[15 May 25 20:34 UTC] No.43999051[source]▶
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1. Sammi ◴[15 May 25 20:56 UTC] No.43999262[source]▶
Delete your comment. You're minimising the death of children.

Yeah I'm sensitive about this. I like many other parents of children who have been lost to genetic disease have good reason to be.

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2. mattcantstop ◴[15 May 25 21:03 UTC] No.43999314[source]▶
We can pause and acknowledge that life (and what that means) will change, while also acknowledging that for many it will be the easiest decision in the world for it to change.
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4. thijson ◴[16 May 25 11:00 UTC] No.44003871[source]▶
I think it's a tool that can be used for great good. But also can be used for eugenics. That's why I pasted the link. It's a slippery slope. What a parent will do for their kids knows no bound.