Should we be experimenting with our genetic code?
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Re: Should we be experimenting with our genetic code?
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Experimenting with genetic codes could have both positive and negative impacts on human life as we know it now.
If I had the means of experimenting, including the rights/experience for it, I would be all for experimenting.
I don't think that experimenting on humans should be done, unless they agree too it beforehand and understand the risks their taking, but virtually (until it's come to a stage that a physical experiment could be done with a higher positivity rate) I would agree to in a heart beat.
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When people seek to restrict genetic experimentation due to religious belief, I get indignant. Science should never be held back by mythology.
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That's awful, I'm sorry. I kind of agree with you there. In some cases (like yours) it could really benefit people.Erik wrote:I have disabilities that are caused by errors in the genome. If there was a way for those errors to be repaired now, I think I would take it. As is, I deal with chronic pain, severe health problems, limits to my mobility, and isolation due to my genetic differences and the way people react to them. It is difficult to live with these impositions. If genetic-based therapies could help me, I would go for it.
When people seek to restrict genetic experimentation due to religious belief, I get indignant. Science should never be held back by mythology.
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Experimenting is how our science evolved for the better and the worse. I think what we need to keep in mind is that we can do whatever we want, go beyond the limits, by only keeping in mind the greater good. Many times though, greater good can be assumed to be half the population extinction so the rest of it can feed, but that is another book!
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David, thank you for realizing that this is already ongoing. I have posted several previous posts about the CRISPR/Cas9 system of gene editing that is being researched currently. Few people who post show true knowledge of what is going on in the scientific community. An international summit of officials, bioethicists and scientists from throughout the world met in 2015 to discuss the social, moral, and ethical implications of this technology. Many scientists had already called for a moratorium halting any germ line tinkering since it could change the path of human evolution. We have to hope that the individuals in the trenches will do what is right, but an informed citizenry is needed to hold them accountable.David Nash wrote:The mechanisms for altering our DNA to remove dangerous diseases is already available. And, unfortunately, the ability to do this kind of work is not limited to high-tech nations. Once the doors open to cure disease they will be pushed hard by those trying to find an edge in life. Improved strength, endurance, balance, better memory, improved reasoning. We will be looking for it all. Trying to hold back the tide of genetic experiments that are coming is futile. It is likely we will begin seeing the results within a few years, a decade at most. The real question is, are we going to be in front of the curve so we can control it, or are we going to be behind the curve and trying to fight the fallout.
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