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Re:Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome l... by exegete on Friday July 25, 2025 @05:59AM (#44681466)
Are you suggesting that by aborting a fetus with Down Syndrome, the fetus is then cured of Down Syndrome? You’re not really correcting the developmental defect insomuch as eliminating the fetus that had the defect.
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Re:Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome l... by derektank on Friday July 25, 2025 @11:39AM (#44684427)
The context here is that there's evidence crispr CAS-9 can be used to repair damage to the genome by specifically targeting and deleting the extra third chromosome inside a living cell. I don't know why you'd assume I'm talking about abortion.
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