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Re:Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited ... by zmmmmm on Saturday June 08, 2024 @08:42PM (#40621135)
Apart from the other points people have made, it's worth noting that these days parents can avoid having children with inherited genetic disorders through IVF. While there will always be a component of spontaneous mutations resulting in genetic disease, we may approach within a couple of generations a state where most inherited disorders actually disappear or reduce to vastly lower prevalence over time.
Re:Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited ... by nicolas_t on Sunday June 09, 2024 @02:21AM (#40622432)
Some backward countries (like my own France) forbid that due to concern over eugenics.