Now that a genetic disease has been fixed with CRSPR we have a duty to iraducate all physically harmful genetic diseases (lemmy.world)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/health/gene-editing-personalized-rare-disorders.html

This is a game changer a baby was saved by gene editing and imo it's important to use this to now get rid of all bad diseases like sickle cell anemia, blindness, deafness, all internal diseases and stuff that just hurts people

I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT APPEARANCE OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MIND

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's insane to me the reaction people have to making our species better. Sure it might not be feasibly in reach yet and i wouldn't trust our systems to handle this as they are, but humans are fundamentally broken. Evolution is a terrible system that does not produce the best outcomes, we can (eventually) do better and we absolutely should.

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