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Re:First gene-edited babies claimed in China by jakobegger on Monday November 26, 2018 @07:55AM (#18532958)
Yes, selecting the "tallest" embryo for implantation sounds somewhat feasible. It's similar to selective breeding with a shorter feedback loop. The only downside is that you are only selecting for genotype, instead of phenotype, so your model might accidentally select for some other things that you didn't expect.

But that's very different from designing an embryo by direct genetic modification.

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Re:First gene-edited babies claimed in China by blueblimp on Monday November 26, 2018 @08:24AM (#18533118)
Agreed, there's a big difference between what's possible with selection and what's possible with editing. Selection is already available (as increasingly sophisticated PGD). It's a lot trickier to do anything useful with editing.
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