Human embryos edited to stop disease

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Human embryos edited to stop disease

Scientists have, for the first time, successfully freed embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes deadly heart disease to run in families.It potentially opens the door to preventing 10,000 disorders that are passed down the generations.

It makes me stop and think, how soon before designer babies.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40802147

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Randomhero1982's picture
Can we remove any DNA that
xenoview's picture
What would constitute made up
LogicFTW's picture
Depending on ones definition
curious's picture
xenoview: "Scientists have,
mykcob4's picture
If conservaturds would not

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