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Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment

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1167 points jbredeche | 1 comments | 15 May 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | 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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efilife[dead post] ◴[15 May 25 21:41 UTC] No.43999602[source]▶
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morepedantic ◴[15 May 25 22:45 UTC] No.44000121[source]▶
Edgy! No one has ever considered the mortality of their children ever, or contemplated the difference between death before and after the realization of potential. Wow!
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efilife ◴[15 May 25 23:24 UTC] No.44000364[source]▶
Genuinely don't know why this is edgy. I was trying to understand his logic
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cluse ◴[15 May 25 23:42 UTC] No.44000447[source]▶
Having a child predecease you is one of the worst things that can happen to a person in general. This is a common sentiment in humans. The strange thing is that you mentioned you're trying to follow "logic." This is not logic. These are emotions.
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efilife ◴[16 May 25 00:10 UTC] No.44000594[source]▶
I understand this. My question arose from the fact that it seems like he only cares about the child dying before him, not the child's death overall. It was

> the idea of being told my 1 week old baby is going to die

not

> the idea of my child dying

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1. viewtransform ◴[16 May 25 00:37 UTC] No.44000744[source]▶
"I am simply a machine. I do not experience death as humans do. It is just a cessation of function." - Data in Star Trek The Next Generation,