The ‘circle of trust’ behind the world’s first gene-edited babies

Re:The ‘circle of trust’ behind the world’s first gene-edite... by wickedsickeune on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:24AM (#20809281)

Gene editing humans was not per se the problem. The huge issue was that it's not obvious that this gene would in fact not cause other issues to these people, and the fact that it was done at a later stage in fetal development, causing possibly some of the cells not having the same genetic code as the rest. This is reckless and stupid, apart from the whole experimenting on humans thing.

Someone who jumped off a cliff while trying to build an airplane, was not lauded as a visionary, but as a splat on the ground.

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Re:The ‘circle of trust’ behind the world’s first gene-edite... by AstralStorm on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:31AM (#20818428)

Why is it stupid or reckless?

In fact, this is a good way to mitigate risk. Most genes in mosaicism, even if parts of the mosaic is faulty, continue to function or partially function.

Would you rather risk complete failure? (Potentially killing the fetus or embryo.)

Also, someone has to take those (potentially reduced) risks if germ line modifications are needed.

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