Chinese scientists genetically modify human embryos

nature.com ^ | April 22, 2015 | David Cyranoski & Sara Reardon

[TBP]

Still trying to make the perfect Communist man.

[dp0622]

is there anything good about this, like curing disease or child birth defects or is it all bad?

[ElkGroveDan]

The team attempted to modify the gene responsible for...

... the ability to pronounce the letter "L"

[hosepipe]

Thats what happens when the givernment OWNS YOUR FETUS’s.. your dog and cats horses pigs and cows.. even your computer..

In communism the givernment even OWNS your IDEAS..
It’s the Matrix.. for real..

[TBP]

is there anything good about this, like curing disease or child birth defects or is it all bad?

How can there be any good in it if it's the Red Chinese doing it?

Genetically modifying human embryos implies that these fellow humans exist for our benefit, for us to do with as we wish. This is totalitarian at its baldest. (It's also the mentality of most progressives, and criminals.)

[Politicalkiddo]

Hell has plenty of pits for these monsters to be thrown into.

[Resolute Conservative]

That’s great!

[who_would_fardels_bear]

That's the problem. There will be some good applications that will lead to it being accepted by the general population.

Then there will be the bad applications that will scare the dickens out of the general population, but only after it's too late to put the genie back in the bottle.

[hosepipe]

[PGR88]

Only in China - where communist materialism still rules.

[bert]

hmmmm.... the article posted if read says " the gene responsible for β-thalassaemia, a potentially fatal blood disorder" It also says their results yield serious obstacles to use

[dp0622]

did you know my cousin had Thalassemia from a previous post?

[bert]

nope

[dp0622]

She is a very close first cousin. We have a walkathon on May 3rd. She has made it to 37, there is hope in genetic testing. She had a kid even though she was told not to and survived because of all of our prayers. Transfusions every two weeks.IT is a rare disease affecting Mediterranean people and we are Italian.

[dp0622]

I’m a little bugged out.

[bert]

I have no doubt. Is the condition prevalent in other cousins/siblings?

[dp0622]

A bunch of people have the trait but both have to have it for it to be beta, the worst kind. She has that. But she has done miraculously. But she has been in and out of the hospital. I think she’s missing the spleen (is that possible) appendix, gall bladder, get fevers, weak, bones getting brittle. And there’s the pump seven hours a night forever to clean out iron. My aunt told my other she is ALWAYS scared. She went to the hospital two weeks ago because she thought she was having a heart attack but everything came back good. she’s 90 pounds of toughness!!!
thanks for asking. I will forward this over to my aunt. I know she would wan t to see it. Amazing that you brought it to attention.

[Vendome]

Monsanto will buy the xompany and patents, then they will own any life sprung with that modified gene.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

If they micro-size future Chinese citizens, their country could accommodate 5 times the number of people rather than impose the ‘1 child rule’ on couples. They’d have an endless supply of foot soldiers and they’d fit well inside submarines, troop carriers, etc..