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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: 0.275s | source
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palisade ◴[16 May 25 05:32 UTC] No.44002113[source]▶
Does this mean when they grow up, their own offspring will also have this defect and require a correction? And, if so, does this mean it is now introducing this defective gene into our gene pool?

I know this is an issue with caesarean section. It is becoming more prevalent because those who require it are surviving, making it more likely to happen in their offspring.

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make3 ◴[16 May 25 09:06 UTC] No.44003254[source]▶
they could CRISPR his relevant reproductive cells, this general topic is an important subject of discussion
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something098 ◴[16 May 25 09:56 UTC] No.44003524[source]▶
Ah, yes - few million of them. Simple task for sure, if the liver is functioning as testes.
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jodrellblank ◴[16 May 25 17:56 UTC] No.44008169[source]▶
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34925145
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1. something098 ◴[16 May 25 22:51 UTC] No.44010505[source]▶
This is something I have never seen for decades - a troll that posts links to his own quotes...

We met again.