Chinese Scientist Claims to Use Crispr to Make First Genetically Edited Babies

Meltdown99 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Meltdown99 said:

PJ_Soul said:

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PJ_Soul said:

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PJ_Soul said:

I wouldn't be against this if I could know such science wouldn't be monetized. But it obviously will, and we'll be looking at a real life Gattica situation for sure.

In this case, what about the claims he may have left them more vulnerable to Cancer?

Well any negative claims are bad obviously. I'm talking about not being against it in principle and concept, i.e. assuming it actually works properly. I think using science to eliminate birth defects and disease and stuff is a GREAT concept... but it's not going to work. Humans are too greedy and stupid to deal with it in way that would actually benefit all of humanity.

Yes, I agree the concept is great.  And maybe someday it will be a common medical practice.  I was curious as to why they were targeting HIV in particular.  May have to read the article again to see if it states why,

I think that, unless economic disparity and a disparity in access to medical care, it would be terrible if it became a common medical practice. That would simply keep the poor sickly and the rich healthy, both on a more local, and on a global scale. This is exactly why I'm against it. I mean, the people who would really benefit most from this anti-AIDS gene (assuming it doesn't cause other probs with the "patients") would be all the people in Africa who have a terrible time accessing medical care, while 25% of the population has HIV/AIDS. But they obviously aren't going to be the ones who will benefit from this.

The rich, no matter where you live to get better medical care.  You think wealthy Canadians wait on a list for surgery on their knee in 112 months?  I'm will bet the vast majority of wealthy Canadians seek surgery in the US.  If I was wealthy I would seek treatment in the US.

Obviously they do, and you should know by now that I advocate against that disparity on a regular basis. But in any case, do you not see the massive difference between that and being able to buy genetic superiority?

And BTW, why in the fuck would you go through the trouble of seeking treatment in the US if you were rich, assuming it's not some crazy rare treatment that requires a specialist that doesn't happen to reside in Canada (and that person could be in Sweden or Japan or who knows where, not necessarily the USA). You can do the same thing in Canada. There are tons of private medical centers for the rich in your own country. Why take the money out of your own economy when there is no reason to? You do know that Canadians who don't want to wait for knee surgery and can afford to pay for it don't have to leave Canada to do that, right?

LMFAO.  So rich people in BC can just skip the line.  Well, here in Ontario rich people are not allowed to skip the line.  There might be some private clinics, but certainly none where I live...

Annafalk said:

People with the mutation CCR5-delta-32 are already immune against HIV.

my2hands said:

Annafalk said:

People with the mutation CCR5-delta-32 are already immune against HIV.

Sign me up for that, i hate condoms lol

my2hands said:

Annafalk said:

People with the mutation CCR5-delta-32 are already immune against HIV.

Sign me up for that, i hate condoms lol

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

my2hands said:

Annafalk said:

People with the mutation CCR5-delta-32 are already immune against HIV.

Sign me up for that, i hate condoms lol

I hear syphilis is making a real comeback on a global scale, and there is now an antibiotic-resistant strain of Gonorrhea going around. Keep the condoms.

I'm sure he was joking, but it really is crazy how often you hear people with that as a real thought process. "if it ain't HIV, I don't care". 

Meltdown99 said:

Chinese scientist who said he gene-edited babies is reportedly missing

https://globalnews.ca/news/4726897/he-jiankui-chinese-scientist-gene-edited-babies-missing/?utm_medium=Facebook&utm_source=GlobalNational&fbclid=IwAR0xXPp0s9DuOam72OTjogomnuaPRLTOhex18bEEN3kCeP3vv2TGo3-zZYY