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Biologists seek ban on genome editing
A group of leading biologists on Thursday called for a worldwide moratorium on use of a new genome-editing technique that would alter human DNA in a way that can be inherited. The biologists fear that the new technique is so effective and easy to use that some physicians may push ahead with it before its safety can be assessed. They also want the public to understand the ethical issues surrounding the technique, which could be used to cure genetic diseases...
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This is some scary stuff if you think about it from a "terrified of technology" sort of way. If they can edit the genome once, whats to stop them from editing the genome again to fix whatever the issue was? Unless its some catastrophic screw up that for some reason cannot be fixed, all other editing will likely be slow and incremental. There is a lot more bad stuff happening from not properly tested pharmaceuticals that I can imagine this sort of technology being responsible for.