Read the CRISPR articles (CRISPR babies/China).
2. What is your opinion of using CRISPR to genetically engineer organisms, including humans? These articles show that CRISPR can theoretically (and have been) used to genetically alter human cells. What are your opinions of what was done with the babies in China?
Articles
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/health/crispr-gene-editing-embryos.html
https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/02/21/137309/the-crispr-twins-had-their-brains-altered/
https://www.nature.com/news/engineered-bacterium-hunts-down-pathogens-1.13727
Read the CRISPR articles (CRISPR babies/China).
2. What is your opinion of using CRISPR to genetically engineer organisms, including humans? These articles show that CRISPR can theoretically (and have been) used to genetically alter human cells. What are your opinions of what was done with the babies in China?
Articles
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/health/crispr-gene-editing-embryos.html
https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/02/21/137309/the-crispr-twins-had-their-brains-altered/
https://www.nature.com/news/engineered-bacterium-hunts-down-pathogens-1.13727
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