ATS1264 Study Guide - Final Guide: Petri Dish, Liberal Eugenics, Freedom Of Religion
5 Dec 2018
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Example: a mutated brca-1/-2 (notably increase the risk of female breast and ovarian cancers, but they have also been associated with increased risks of several additional types of cancer) -- replaced it with unmutated. Example: can cut out huntington"s disease gene mutation (theoretically) and replace with non-huntington"s. Safe and effective: access to everyone, embryos in a petri dish. Agar - new gene editing technology being used in ways reminiscent of "old" eugenics. Are there good reasons for making this choice: do you think that (significant) socio-political pressure to use safe and effective gene editing is likely (in. "you are a horrible parent, you had safe/effective technology available, other people edited their child, you didn"t" edit your child and your child cannot compete with other children in society for limited/scarce resources" But: not everyone editing the same genes e. g. to be smarter, to be more athletic. But: whatever field you end up in --> have to compete.
