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Actually you'd have to edit in genes to fix most of those things, as they're caused by missing/broken dna.

I think Gp means not carrying the recessive genes to term. Setting aside the ethics, we have the tech to do this right now.

Ummm... Me?

I had thought to mention it, but didn't want the thread to deviate to a morals discussion ;-)

Yeah, a later look had me wondering if I was reading too hard.

The whole discussion invites similar moralizing though, at least until the techniques are known to be very precise and safe.

Personally, I think aborting an embryo that will be born to live with serious defects or illnesses is the first answer, at least until embryonic genetic editing is viable in all cases.

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