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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
"CRISPR": CHINA'S BABY DNA EDIT THREATENS HUMANITY
"CRISPR": CHINA'S BABY DNA EDIT THREATENS HUMANITY
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Chinese scientists at the Southern University of Science and
Technology in Shenzhen, China are attempting to create the first
gene-edited babies.
Utilizing CRISPR, they intend on eliminating a gene known as CCR5 and
creating genetically modified babies resistant to HIV, smallpox, and
cholera. But does the bad outweigh the good? Scientists worry that once a species is modified, it is changed forever.
How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA Jennifer Doudna
NOVEMBER 12, 2015: Geneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology
for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to
make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for
genetic diseases … but could also be used to create so-called "designer
babies." Doudna reviews how CRISPR-Cas9 works — and asks the scientific
community to pause and discuss the ethics of this new tool.
