What gene-editing might really mean
Posted by Josh Taylor / November 27, 2017
When you think of gene-editing, you might think of the movie Gattaca. In that film, genetic engineers created designer babies––babies that didn’t get sick, that were stronger, that were smarter, and that were all-around better than their peers. In this dystopian future, life is not a gift, it’s a design project like a concept car. But that’s not necessarily what gene-editing is going to look like, at least in the near future. Rather, it might look like this: using gene-editing to treat rare genetic diseases.
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