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This is the most tone deaf & removed from reality that scientists could get.
I can imagine they've all been dying to play God in their respective fields, as I've documented extensively here, but to hear it in their own words is something else altogether https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/07/16/designer-babies-horizon-ethics-council-gives-green-light-genetically/amp/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true
I can imagine they've all been dying to play God in their respective fields, as I've documented extensively here, but to hear it in their own words is something else altogether https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/07/16/designer-babies-horizon-ethics-council-gives-green-light-genetically/amp/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true
It's something when the anti gene editing argument fellows sound as deranged as the pro gene editing chaps
Despite new research (released to great consternation earlier this week), #CRISPR continues to make this sort of news
Despite new research (released to great consternation earlier this week), #CRISPR continues to make this sort of news
*The birth of the first genetically tailored humans would be a stunning medical achievement
But where some see new forms of medicine that eliminate genetic disease, others see a slippery slope to enhancements, designer babies & eugenics* #CRISPR #China https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1066847482401955840?s=19
But where some see new forms of medicine that eliminate genetic disease, others see a slippery slope to enhancements, designer babies & eugenics* #CRISPR #China https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1066847482401955840?s=19
*“In this ever more competitive global pursuit of applications for gene editing, we hope to be a stand-out,” He & team wrote in an ethics statement last year
They predicted their innovation “will surpass” the invention of IVF, whose developer was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2010*
They predicted their innovation “will surpass” the invention of IVF, whose developer was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2010*
For folk interested in the biology of it all #CRISPR
Slides from J He's presentation at the #geneeditsummit https://twitter.com/Aiims1742/status/1067650605009829888?s=19
Slides from J He's presentation at the #geneeditsummit https://twitter.com/Aiims1742/status/1067650605009829888?s=19
Ok, the end of the world is nigh!!
#CRISPR #GeneEditSummit https://twitter.com/antonioregalado/status/1067585399046979585?s=19
#CRISPR #GeneEditSummit https://twitter.com/antonioregalado/status/1067585399046979585?s=19
Here is the official reaction to Dr. He's gene editing shenanigans, along with the very real fear that #CRISPR research might move to China #GeneEditSummit
https://twitter.com/antonioregalado/status/1068124579107926017?s=19
https://twitter.com/antonioregalado/status/1068124579107926017?s=19
The other side
*George Church, whose Harvard University lab played a pioneering role in developing #CRISPR, has reservations about He Jiankui. But Church also thinks there’s a frenzy of criticism surrounding He that exaggerates the severity*
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/i-feel-obligation-be-balanced-noted-biologist-comes-defense-gene-editing-babies
*George Church, whose Harvard University lab played a pioneering role in developing #CRISPR, has reservations about He Jiankui. But Church also thinks there’s a frenzy of criticism surrounding He that exaggerates the severity*
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/i-feel-obligation-be-balanced-noted-biologist-comes-defense-gene-editing-babies
FWIW
*"It’s flagrantly violated our national regulations & flagrantly broken the scientific world’s ethical bottom line,” Xu Nanping, vice minister of science & tech, #China, told CCTV. “It’s shocking, unacceptable, & we firmly oppose it.”* #CRISPR
https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/1068188534161453056?s=19
*"It’s flagrantly violated our national regulations & flagrantly broken the scientific world’s ethical bottom line,” Xu Nanping, vice minister of science & tech, #China, told CCTV. “It’s shocking, unacceptable, & we firmly oppose it.”* #CRISPR
https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/1068188534161453056?s=19
Carl's take on the #CRISPR #GeneEditSummit debate
*It’s only natural for the world to focus its attention on the two babies born in China. But these babies in Britain deserve our attention, too. We can choose which ones represent the future* https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/1068974994552700928?s=19
*It’s only natural for the world to focus its attention on the two babies born in China. But these babies in Britain deserve our attention, too. We can choose which ones represent the future* https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/1068974994552700928?s=19
There is a consensus building, led by the most articulate voices, on the pros of #CRISPR, than the cons
Let's hear a voice of dissent https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/1069575589693140997?s=19
Let's hear a voice of dissent https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/1069575589693140997?s=19
This thread on the latest developments in the case of Dr. He ~ complete disavowal by China #CRISPR https://twitter.com/antonioregalado/status/1087337425842655233?s=19
In the next decade, only this will matter
*In Europe & the US, non-human-primate research increasingly faces regulatory hurdles, costs & bioethical opposition. China's 2011 five-year plan set primate disease models as a national goal* #CRISPR https://twitter.com/Cyranoski/status/1090293148214091776?s=19
*In Europe & the US, non-human-primate research increasingly faces regulatory hurdles, costs & bioethical opposition. China's 2011 five-year plan set primate disease models as a national goal* #CRISPR https://twitter.com/Cyranoski/status/1090293148214091776?s=19
* #Cognitive problems are one of the biggest unmet needs in medicine. We need drugs, but it’s another thing to muck with the DNA or chemistry
Just because we shouldn’t alter normal intelligence doesn’t mean we can’t* #CRISPR https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1098797053575073792?s=19
Just because we shouldn’t alter normal intelligence doesn’t mean we can’t* #CRISPR https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1098797053575073792?s=19
On that Monkey story #Genetics https://twitter.com/jtemple/status/1116128818240999426?s=19
*The revised civil code places experiments using human genes or embryos under the section of the code that ensures a person’s right to physical well-being, freedom, privacy and dignity* #CRISPR https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01580-1
*A new report finds that genetic mutations similar to those He created, to a gene called CCR5, shortens people’s lives by an average of 1.9 years.
The finding offers a warning light to anyone else seeking to enhance human beings* #CRISPR https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613614/chinas-crispr-babies-could-face-earlier-death/
The finding offers a warning light to anyone else seeking to enhance human beings* #CRISPR https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613614/chinas-crispr-babies-could-face-earlier-death/
He was not a lone rogue, other scientists will move swiftly to pursue human germline gene editing in clinics — making changes to DNA in sperm, eggs or embryos that will be inherited by future generations.
The scientific community must intervene* #CRISPR https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01786-3
The scientific community must intervene* #CRISPR https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01786-3
"Spanish-born Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, who operates a lab at the Salk Institute in California, has been working with monkey researchers in China to perform the disturbing research" #CRISPR
Desperation to play God by elite, atheist scientists https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614052/scientists-are-making-human-monkey-hybrids-in-china/
Desperation to play God by elite, atheist scientists https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614052/scientists-are-making-human-monkey-hybrids-in-china/
"Dr. He eventually told Lombardi about his idea for a *genetic medical tourism* co based in China or Thailand
Dr. He thought if he could create children immune to HIV using #CRISPR, he could move on to making humans immune to various diseases" https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614051/crispr-baby-maker-explored-starting-a-business-in-designer-baby-tourism/
Dr. He thought if he could create children immune to HIV using #CRISPR, he could move on to making humans immune to various diseases" https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614051/crispr-baby-maker-explored-starting-a-business-in-designer-baby-tourism/
"Prime editing could correct about 89% of mutations that cause heritable human diseases
Liu's lab has already used prime editors to fix genetic glitches that cause sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, & Tay-Sachs disease"
Only drawback? Its size #CRISPR https://twitter.com/WIREDScience/status/1191017471559577601?s=19
Liu's lab has already used prime editors to fix genetic glitches that cause sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, & Tay-Sachs disease"
Only drawback? Its size #CRISPR https://twitter.com/WIREDScience/status/1191017471559577601?s=19
Soon one can "introduce virtually any change to any genome with precision
It can “improve the well-being of millions of people"
But “the temptation to tinker with the human germline” is not going to go away, says the scientist who co-created #CRISPR https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614719/crispr-has-made-jennifer-doudna-rich-now-she-says-it-must-be-controlled/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1574446391
It can “improve the well-being of millions of people"
But “the temptation to tinker with the human germline” is not going to go away, says the scientist who co-created #CRISPR https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614719/crispr-has-made-jennifer-doudna-rich-now-she-says-it-must-be-controlled/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1574446391
"The U.S. FDA granted its first-ever emergency use authorisation for #CRISPR, greenlighting a coronavirus diagnostic test developed by Sherlock Biosciences
The test can determine whether a patient sample contains COVID-19 virus in about an hour" https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2020/05/07/fda-authorizes-first-ever-crispr-application-for-covid-19-coronavirus-test/
The test can determine whether a patient sample contains COVID-19 virus in about an hour" https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2020/05/07/fda-authorizes-first-ever-crispr-application-for-covid-19-coronavirus-test/
"Here are five of the (mostly coronavirus-free) breakthroughs in the Crisprsphere that you might have missed in 2020" #CRISPR https://www.wired.com/story/2020-was-a-breakout-year-for-crispr/
