Re: [DIYbio] Privately funded designer babies

I worked in biotech startups for 30 years. A big chunk of that has been in gene therapy. So I think I can reasonably claim a fair understanding of the challenges. And no, I wouldn't be OK if they just bumped up the numbers. I would be OK if these guys showed an adequate appreciation for what they're trying to do before they start trying to generate engineered babies who might have to suffer terrible consequences due to their naivete and hubris.

And frankly, I find your previous comment a bit horrifying: that the parents would suffer too from having to take care of affected infants. How would that in any way justify any of this?

Let me be clear, however. If we can get to the point where engineering babies has sufficiently low risk, I have no general objections to doing it. I just don't see any evidence that these guys have enough of an understanding to a) reach the point of sufficiently low risk, or b) restrain themselves until then.

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