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Scientist who gene-edited babies is back in lab and ‘proud’ of past work despite jailing (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well its always been a matter of time before we start genetically modifying humans I guess he's just ahead of the times. But yeah incredibly risky if ya gonna genetically modify a human do it to yourself.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago

if ya gonna genetically modify a human do it to yourself.

I'm sure it's a lot easier to modify a handful of cells and let them replicate than it is to modify millions of cells...

It was a terrible thing to do, but I get it.