CRISPR Breakthrough: Scientists Repair Mutation in Human Embryos

I know religious folks do not believe in science like this — because MUH embryos. As much as I’d like to tar and feather many in the science field, I cannot permit any of you to spew hatred for modern medicine of this magnitude.

The first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos in the United States has been carried out by a team of researchers in Portland, Oregon, MIT Technology Review has learned.

The effort, led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, involved changing the DNA of a large number of one-cell embryos with the gene-editing technique CRISPR, according to people familiar with the scientific results.

Until now, American scientists have watched with a combination of awe, envy, and some alarm as scientists elsewhere were first to explore the controversial practice. To date, three previous reports of editing human embryos were all published by scientists in China.

Now Mitalipov is believed to have broken new ground both in the number of embryos experimented upon and by demonstrating that it is possible to safely and efficiently correct defective genes that cause inherited diseases.

What does this mean for ordinary faggots, such as yourselves?

You won’t get aids anymore.

What is the bigger picture here?

Eugenics on a demonstrable scale that only Hitler could be smile upon.

Rich folk will be able to ‘edit’ the genes of their babies to create a master race of highly athletic, intelligent, super-humans, while the rest of you play baby-lottery — hoping to create a life able to compete in a new world of advanced science.

The report also offered qualified support for the use of CRISPR for making gene-edited babies, but only if it were deployed for the elimination of serious diseases.

The advisory committee drew a red line at genetic enhancements—like higher intelligence. “Genome editing to enhance traits or abilities beyond ordinary health raises concerns about whether the benefits can outweigh the risks, and about fairness if available only to some people,” said Alta Charo, co-chair of the NAS’s study committee and professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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