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Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment

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1160 points jbredeche | 1 comments | 15 May 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | 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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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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1. 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.