heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGet on that grindsetfeddit.ukimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1438arrow-down1imageGet on that grindsetfeddit.ukheythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
(yes, this is a real post by someone who also happened to have actually been arrested for gene editing embryos)
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThat’s all wrong. He edited out the receptor for HIV. This is natural in some people. He did it for cash. He’s not a doctor. The infraction is editing the human germline, which is not illegal in the USA, but is in most countries.
minus-squareJayDee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThank you. I figured i’d gotten info wrong but all the articles I found about him were being extremely vague, so i figured i’d leave things up to Cunningham’s Law.
That’s all wrong.
He edited out the receptor for HIV. This is natural in some people. He did it for cash.
He’s not a doctor. The infraction is editing the human germline, which is not illegal in the USA, but is in most countries.
Thank you. I figured i’d gotten info wrong but all the articles I found about him were being extremely vague, so i figured i’d leave things up to Cunningham’s Law.