There are a lot of voices getting into the mix of theย debate on human genome editing, taking on the unenviable task of “playing God.” One of these voices is the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomicsย (ACMG.)
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The first point that [the ACMG] raise is that the limitations of genome editing technologies will need to be overcome before there is clinical application…The second point is that…the process used to correct a gene mustย fix the original genetic mutation so that it no longerย causesย disease…[and] not causeย any other genetic changes….
[T]hese are great places to start the conversation, but, it may simply not be possible to cross all of these Ts and dot all of these Is before therapies becomeย useful.Share this article
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But, theย debate cannot occur too far into the future as this technology is progressing faster than we are responding to it. The ACMGย stateย that “genome editing in the human embryo is premature” which implies that we are not ready for it to happen. However, gene editing technology is available now. Therefore, the conversations need to be happening now.
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