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Re:Jailed baby gene scientist ‘should be made responsible’ f... by sokoloff on Sunday March 20, 2022 @09:04AM (#30742291)
I agree that embryos are not people. However, modifying the genome of an embryo that you intend and expect to become a human is modifying the genome of that human.

Therefore, if it would be unethical to do it to the human, it’s unethical to do it to the embryo.

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Re:Jailed baby gene scientist ‘should be made responsible’ f... by Barrin92 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @07:22PM (#30747866)
Why is modification of someone's genome unethical? If you could get gene editing right now to never contract HIV that would simply be a very effective medical treatment.
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