The Canadian entrepreneur has always pushed the boundaries of gene editing, once attempting to turn horses into unicorns. Now she is set on modifying human embryos – something her controversial ex-husband was jailed for doing
I still don’t have my strawberry the size of an apple. They have no clue how to do more than tiny tiny changes without killing the embryo.
I am in favor though of the concept. Too many disabilities and such tied to genetics. Sure they want to just make people pretty and smart. But they don’t even know what makes a person smart genetically. Disease is probably what they actually know best (which they don’t know that well). So logically that is where they will endup really.
I still don’t have my strawberry the size of an apple. They have no clue how to do more than tiny tiny changes without killing the embryo. I am in favor though of the concept. Too many disabilities and such tied to genetics. Sure they want to just make people pretty and smart. But they don’t even know what makes a person smart genetically. Disease is probably what they actually know best (which they don’t know that well). So logically that is where they will endup really.