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First Human Embryos Edited in U.S. (The most dangerous machine on Earth)
MIT Tech Review ^ | 7-26-2017 | Steve Connor

Posted on 07/27/2017 4:25:30 AM PDT by brucedickinson

The first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos in the United States has been carried out by a team of researchers in Portland, Oregon, Technology Review has learned.

The effort, led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, involved changing the DNA of a large number of one-cell embryos with the gene-editing technique CRISPR, according to people familiar with the scientific results.

Until now, American scientists have watched with a combination of awe, envy, and some alarm as scientists elsewhere were first to explore the controversial practice. To date, three previous reports of editing human embryos were all published by scientists in China.

(Excerpt) Read more at technologyreview.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bioethics; crime; crispr; embryos; genetics; mengele; mitalipov; shoukhratmitalipov
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-"Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University"


1 posted on 07/27/2017 4:25:30 AM PDT by brucedickinson
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The same folks who won't go near "genetically modified" food will surely be just fine with this.

Goal #1...white males cannot be allowed to be born.

2 posted on 07/27/2017 4:35:45 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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To: brucedickinson
Wow X-men could be real. BTW,couldnt "X-men" be another name for trannys? Maybe the left is getting confused by the movie which is why they want them in the military.


3 posted on 07/27/2017 4:38:59 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan from taking office.)
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To: brucedickinson

Gee—And Hitler was supposed to be evil incarnate.

What happens to the GMO human if things don’t go according to theory?


4 posted on 07/27/2017 4:44:34 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: brucedickinson

If his department even has a mission statement, I’d like to read it.


5 posted on 07/27/2017 4:44:45 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: brucedickinson

Portland. It figures. Seat of wickedness.


6 posted on 07/27/2017 4:50:01 AM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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To: brucedickinson
Help locate your kids when they're out after dark. Science is wonderful


7 posted on 07/27/2017 4:51:13 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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I wonder if this process can be used to validate the existence of the “gay gene”. What will be the hue and cry when this process is used to edit out this so-called “gene”.
And what will really be the hue and cry when it’s reported that after 10 years use no such “gene” has ever appeared!


8 posted on 07/27/2017 4:57:59 AM PDT by Tonytitan (I)
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To: Arm_Bears

One of the many bad things that Hitler did was that he allowed scientific experiments on unwilling people. All kinds of nasty medical stuff “in the pursuit of science”.

Embryos are unique living human beings. But I guess we are now so enlightened that we can perform scientific experiments on unwilling people. It’s OK when we do it.


9 posted on 07/27/2017 4:58:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Abolition of the sexes, controlled reproduction.


10 posted on 07/27/2017 5:03:22 AM PDT by aspasia
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To: brucedickinson

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.


11 posted on 07/27/2017 5:08:14 AM PDT by onona (Stop stonewalling Judicial Watch and release the documents)
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Another case of just because you can doesn’t mean you should.


12 posted on 07/27/2017 5:12:43 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: brucedickinson

Ick.
Or maybe not. The sooner we get a means of editing our cells, the better. Then we can choose skin color and find other things to fight about.
Besides, some day I may want cosmetic alterations and I’d rather have it done with a needle and med, than a needle and thread.


13 posted on 07/27/2017 5:13:44 AM PDT by Buttons12
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the “gay gene”

Shoutout to Maine State Rep Brian Duprey.

14 posted on 07/27/2017 5:21:25 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs and RINOs...same thing)
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To: fwdude

They are conservatives in Portland. It is just that they have been overwhelmed by all the weirdos who have overtaken them. Sorta like Austin.


15 posted on 07/27/2017 5:25:48 AM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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To: Tonytitan

That is a huge concern for deviants; they are afraid there is a “gay gene” that if detected, would lead parents to abort gay children. In my limited experience with deviants, child molestation at a young age seems more indicative of future homosexuality than anything else; I don’t believe there is a “gay gene” - and it would naturally be extinct fairly quickly.


16 posted on 07/27/2017 5:31:48 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: brucedickinson

Good grief, humans who are about to begin to “play God”.


17 posted on 07/27/2017 5:32:31 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: bgill

Every student should read “Frankenstein”; same theme. Best of intentions can lead to disaster...


18 posted on 07/27/2017 5:32:52 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Biggirl

“Good grief, humans who are about to begin to “play God”.”

We ‘play god’ every time we get a vaccine, have surgery or use a contraceptive.


19 posted on 07/27/2017 7:07:12 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1

Jellyfish and mice mate all the time, don’t they?


20 posted on 07/27/2017 7:43:53 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP - VOTE OUT ALL REPUBLICANS)
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