Latest Gene Editing Of Human Embryos Could “Open The Floodgates”

Forget CRISPR. It’s Base Editing, baby: a more sure way to edit human zygotes without the risk. It’s the “gateway to embryo editing to do enhancements.” It’s the “cat’s out of the bag,” according to critics. Of course, all these genetic scientists say they are curing some genetic defect, while spending hundreds of millions to turn all of us into “hackable animals”, as Noah Yuval Harari said. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.Editing the gene