• jarfil@beehaw.org
    4·
    10 months ago

    Selectively breeding and cloning genetically modified humans, is kind of frowned upon…

    • Hirom@beehaw.org
      1·
      10 months ago

      Indeed. I’m thinking of CRISPR/Cas9 which is a genetic editing method, which is more ethical.

      • Lmaydev@programming.dev
        3·
        10 months ago

        Editing genes is incredibly complex. Changes to one gene can affect many seemingly unrelated systems. That’s why they choose their targets very carefully.

        • Hirom@beehaw.org
          3·
          10 months ago

          And it can potentially work only for genetic decease. I’m not sure any type of diabetes would qualify.

          • Lmaydev@programming.dev
            2·
            10 months ago

            Yeah type 1 is an immune response and type 2 is a lack of production.

            So with 2 you could maybe up insulin production genetically. But that seems like a risky game haha