3d ago

Now that a genetic disease has been fixed with CRSPR we have a duty to iraducate all physically harmful genetic diseases

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/health/gene-editing-personalized-rare-disorders.html

This is a game changer a baby was saved by gene editing and imo it's important to use this to now get rid of all bad diseases like sickle cell anemia, blindness, deafness, all internal diseases and stuff that just hurts people

I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT APPEARANCE OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MIND

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Holy fuck this is a terrible idea.
The child was "saved" in that they can last longer until they'd die without a liver transplant.
It was successful because of how easy the liver is to target with medications.
"Fixing" one organ doesn't change the entire bodies genotype, female sex cells will continue to (potentially) carry the defect.
These genetic "diseases" are not all without any benefit, the most common example is sickle cell anemic people have higher resistance to malaria.
There's no telling how "fixing" things generically will alter other systems in the body, it was done to one organ to a briefly observed window of success, that's barely more than anecdotal evidence.
This is what I came up with in 5 minutes, I'm not a geneticist.
- We could use gene editing to get the DNA of an organ and use it to clone a copy inside a pig for example and then use it for the patient.
  While I know someone have benefits being a carrier in the west has zero benefits. People should at least be able to sign up to be test subject if they have a chronic or terminal illness

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