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This episode discusses the pros and cons of genetic engineering and its potential impact on human beings.

There are pros and cons to the trajectory of genetic engineering research. Eventually, we will be confronted by a systemic drive to apply these interventions to human beings. On the one hand, genetic engineering could alleviate a tremendous amount of suffering for people with horrible genetic diseases. On the other, we don't understand these processes well enough to anticipated the unintended consequences of manipulating something as complex as a genome. What do you think about the future of genetic engineering in humans? Email us at info@wwdwwdpodcast.com Blue Sky @wwdwwdpodcast.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wwdwwdpodcast Support us on Patreon Links and References: https://www.leopoldina.org/en/topics/genome-editing/the-pros-and-cons-of-genome-editing https://theweek.com/news/science-health/959606/pros-and-cons-of-gene-editing-babies Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support . Support our podcast: www.patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast

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