hatracksat

The tech won't exist In a vacuum though. Suppose this eventually gives the Chinese an edge in precision medicine, your hands might be clean as far as the messy work but unless you ban citizens from visiting how are you going to regulate the health products that will emerge eventually? We can bury our heads in the sand but eventually the rising tide will get our socks wet unless we have the foresight to prepare a little.

The genes won't care that the scientists playing with them were unethical. The only reason your attitude seems appealing is because nobody wants to believe eventually this strategy will give the Chinese a superior understanding of gene editing.

Maybe the UK and the rest of Europe wouldn't be so bad at building businesses if they stopped taxing revenue and focused on profits instead. I'm not complaining as an American since it keeps them dependant on our services but it seems silly. It's like they hate the idea of succeeding.