Genetic editing and the law
I am confident that the next stage in genome editing development, beyond treating mutations within a zygote, is to change the genes of a person born with a genetic disorder. The current thinking is that a virus can be used to infect all the bodily cells, carrying the mutation, with CRISPR-cas9, correcting the genes and removing the mutation entirely. This would be an incredible feat in the history of medicine and mankind, in which no child, born or unborn, has to live a life of handicap and disadvantage, due to a mutation caused by chance or through inheritance. Every child should be given the opportunity to flourish and enjoy the pleasures most of us take for granted.
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