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Re:First gene-edited babies claimed in China by DennisAleynikov on Monday November 26, 2018 @01:12AM (#18531492)
well, its just unethical based on USA rules against human experimentation. obviously moral and ethical codes can evolve to accommodate advances in science eventually.

this is not a medical procedure, which is what makes it unethical to perform. its an experiment with unknown outcome which is why current ethics dictates it is not okay to do this.

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Re:First gene-edited babies claimed in China by coldtea on Monday November 26, 2018 @03:34AM (#18531933)
>well, its just unethical based on USA rules against human experimentation. obviously moral and ethical codes can evolve to accommodate advances in science eventually.

Well, if they "evolve to accommodate advances in science" either they weren't that moral or ethical based in the first place, or moral and ethics gave in for what's technologically possible.

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