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A US company has received $30m in funding to research gene-editing embryos, with the goal of offering disease-free babies to parents. (self.futurology)

submitted 5 days ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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In the current US political climate, the people who think human life starts at conception have the upper hand. It will be interesting to see if they allow this to go ahead. It sets up a conflict with the Tech Bros bankrolling them. They'll all be behind this tech.

This tech poses an interesting question. What if some people want their children to be 'diseased'? Most of us would regard sociopaths and people with malignant narcissism as defective, but to some people, these qualities make them 'winners'.

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[–] MaximilianKohler 1 points 4 days ago

That's not how disease works.

Genes are the piano, the gut microbiome is the pianist