Nov 21, 2025 · Human genetic modification (or “gene editing”) can be used in two very different ways. Somatic genome editing changes the genes in a patient’s cells to treat a medical …

But there is a much more controversial way that human gene editing could be used. In germline modification, gene editing would change the DNA of embryos, eggs, or sperm. Because …

May 7, 2015 · Human germline modification is often presented as a way to prevent the transmission of inherited diseases. But in nearly every case, people at risk of passing on …

Aug 22, 2024 · .text-align-center { text-align: center } This page displays the results of more than 60 major public opinion surveys about four categories of emerging human biotechnologies: …

Reasons to ban germline gene editing include the profound risks to future children, thin medical justifications, reinforcing existing inequalities and creating new forms of discrimination, eroding …

Jun 1, 2006 · Arguments Against Inheritable Genetic Modification 1. IGM would lead to treating children and all people like objects. Germline technologies would contribute strongly to …

Recent genetic engineering developments are raising an urgent question: Should we as a society condone the genetic modification of future human beings? Here we take on some common …

Aug 3, 2021 · Summary Comment Most advocates of human cloning also advocate the genetic modification of the human species. Human cloning is a blunt form of eugenics-it "copies" an …

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In her recent review of four books on the prospects of applying CRISPR and related gene modification technologies to the improvement of human biology [“Editing Humanity’s Future,” …