Genetic editing in humans

[Bengalzona]

(03-20-2016, 04:11 PM)Beaker Wrote: Well if you saw a show....

But in all seriousness, if your reason is that you are worried about the complexities, then you should want the research to continue and figure things out.

Personally, I am for the research for the reasons you noted. I think my concerns are more about the ethics of the users of the research rather than the creators of it, which seems to be how technology has been abused in rare cases in the past. And if a technology is abused by users, we need the research to fix the problems.

I am more about protecting the researchers and the research until it is ready for common use rather than preventing them from doing their thing. As an example, immunotherapy is having remarkable results in retraining the bodies existing immunity network to "eat" cancers. In a recent clinical study on humans saw the treatment totally remove cancerous tumors in 25 of the 27 subjects. As exciting as this is, this treatment is not ready for the public. It may never be. The researchers need to answer a lot more questions.

BTW - When I said the research should go slow in my earlier post, I think that the current pace qualifies. As I said I don't have a problem with it. And I think it is also inevitable that we will be researching this more in the future.