Scientists say they can read nearly the whole genome of an IVF-created embryo

Re:Scientists say they can read nearly the whole genome of a... by ALittleLight on Monday March 21, 2022 @03:56PM (#30758932)

That's a good argument for not engineering all children all at once - we don't understand the consequences. It seems like a good argument for starting to engineer a few children so we can start to learn what the consequences are. As engineering becomes more palatable to the general population we will better able to deliver good results.

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Re:Scientists say they can read nearly the whole genome of a... by whatshisface on Monday March 21, 2022 @04:01PM (#30758988)

Engineering children would likely introduce horrible diseases because as you say, nobody understands the consequences. What's being proposed is selection, the selection of embryos which have already proven themselves to be viable and passed several steps of Nature's disease filtration.

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Re:Scientists say they can read nearly the whole genome of a... by ALittleLight on Monday March 21, 2022 @04:19PM (#30759193)

I'm using "engineering" in a sense that encompasses informed embryo selection. I don't think it's "likely" to have horrible results.

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