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Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment

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1163 points jbredeche | 1 comments | 15 May 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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morkalork ◴[15 May 25 19:55 UTC] No.43998684[source]▶
I think it was here a few years ago that I read a comment saying that sick children will be the Trojan horse for normalizing gene editing of humans, because who could say no to sick children, right? Well, guess it's here now, so how long utill the eugenics wars start?
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1. WorldPeas ◴[16 May 25 14:48 UTC] No.44006163[source]▶
Not to argue semantics here but eugenics is arround selective breeding, this would allow for the opposite, even more breeding, especially in populations with hereditary ailments that would have refrained from the act in prior years. I do agree however that it is imperative greater common-sense regulations surrounding "aesthetic" or "performance" "modifications" (such callous words for young life) will need to be enacted.