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[–] Catfishbelly ago 

Yeah I don’t see how you could change that serious of a error in the dna. I believe you are correct.

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[–] Fried-Laptop ago 

Never underestimate the power of a vacuum

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[–] Charilko ago 

It’s likely possible, but we’re pretty far away from that technology right now.

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[–] SmokeyMeadow 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

This story is more than 10 years old, and at that point we were already able to suppress symptoms of Down's. That's why the advocates freaked out. They saw the writing on the wall that this could be the last generation with Downies in it. Then there would be no more need for advocacy.

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[–] Hammernale ago  (edited ago)

Very interesting study. Quite a lot to work out, though, not to mention the effect these drugs might have on the pregnant mother.

Also, this type of technique would require continued treatment, from early in development (before birth) at least through adulthood. Otherwise their development will still get stunted to some degree.

Also, while I understand the need for downs advocates, I don’t understand why Downs advocates would need downs to continue to exist. Surely they’d be happy it was fixed, and move on to another cause.

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[–] LightestHour ago 

Did you forget the Iron Law of Committees?

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[–] Phantom42 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago 

"How can we make farming easier?"

"How can we make sturdier weapons?"

"How can we build better structures?"

"How can we get places faster?"

"How can we cross that ocean?"

"How can we manage millions of people?"

"How can we do it faster?"

"How can we do everything faster?"

"How can we make a man fly?"

"How can we make something fly with a man in it?"

"How can we use these to end a war?"

"How can we use these to get places quicker?"

"How can we make metal fly?"

"How can we make it go faster?"

"How can we make better roads and cars?"

"How can we help scientists build better calculators with advanced properties?"

"How can we make more of them?"

"How can we make them faster?"

"How can we make them do more?"

"How can we use these to help us research and predict potential solutions to long-term problems?"

"How can we use advanced computerized tech to assist in gene editing to better the human condition?"

You are here.

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[–] kishidan 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Hell, gene editing tech has advanced so much you can actually buy your own in home CRISPR kit for a few hundred dollars to gene edit frogs and bacteria: https://www.the-odin.com/gene-engineering-kits/

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