"Ze fuhrer, he told us about you. That one day you vould arrive...Overman...you haf come at last..."
"Yes. You can go now..."
Ping!
What could possibly go wrong?
This is an abomination. How long can we mock God?
It doesn’t even really serve a purpose, it’s not gene therapy to fix a potentially incapacitating genetic illness, it’s simply people wanting to play Frankenstein.
Hey, maybe we’ll get that blond hair, blue eyed master race after all! /s
That is a very cool graphic.
It doesn’t reflect the specific topic here wherein, as the author sates, the procedure is similar to cloning.
The graphic more reflects gene therapy where a disease causing mutated gene is corrected at the DNA level to cure a disease.
That’s quite different and does not necessarily bring up ethical issues.
"Ze fuhrer, he told us about you. That one day you vould arrive...Overman...you haf come at last..."
"Yes. You can go now..."
“Tell people that this technique has not been proven to be safe in animals or humans.”
That’s really the key.
This sort of manipulation leads to a lot of reproductive failures, I.e. Spontaneous abortion due to abnormal fetal development.
And the possibility of developmental problems in those who go full term and are born is very high.
My guess is this procedure would lead to more abortions in that the doctors would know well to look at possible developmental issues and check for problems via amniocentesis or other methods to abort any of these three way conceived babies if they see a problem.
And ultimately, this is experimenting on human beings.
I’m willing to bet that a lot people who adamantly oppose generically-modified foods find this to be quite acceptable.
IMO, as a completely non religious individual, this is an abomination. With horrendous consequences down the line.
But they are going to do it.
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I know it is very very hard to hear at first that you can’t have children with your own genetics. But it’s just a rough bit of news that doesn’t end in a death sentence. Adoption and egg and embryo donation are all safe and available.
Having children both of my own genetics and not, I can say that everything is exactly the same. The love, the work, the connection is parenting. It’s not the genetics. Trust me.
When you adopt, you might be saving a life. When you use donated embryos that would otherwise be destroyed, you are saving lives. Once you are a parent, whether they look or behave exactly like aunt Julie does not matter.