Genetic editing | The Loud Cry

Baby playing with DNA model — ‘Gene editing of human embryos to eliminate disease should be considered to be ethically the same as using laser surgery to correct eye defects.’ Photograph: Tetra Images/Getty Images

by Johnjoe McFadden Tuesday 2 February 2016 13.29 GMT

British scientists are getting permission to alter embryos’ DNA. We have the chance to correct devastating diseases in the womb, so let’s get on with it.

The announcement that scientists are to be allowed to edit the DNA of human embryos will no doubt provoke an avalanche of warnings from opponents of genetic modification (GM) technology, who will warn that we are “playing God” with our genes. Continue reading Genetic editing is like playing God – and what’s wrong with that? →