3.4 Safety and Technical Considerations with Embryo Editing

The CRISPR-Cas9 molecules could become permanently embedded in the cell and keep on editing new genes in future generations, in a runaway chain reaction.

The inability to precisely control the exact edit might lead to unintended consequences or unknown effects on the genome and individual.

The edited humans will be more susceptible to bacterial pathogens, since the CRISPR-Cas9 molecules derive from a bacterial immune system.

Editing embryos to confer HIV resistance might accidentally result in the embryos getting infected with HIV in the process.

Safety and Technical Considerations with Embryo Editing

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