heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoGet on that grindsetfeddit.ukimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1442arrow-down1imageGet on that grindsetfeddit.ukheythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square47linkfedilinkfile-text
(yes, this is a real post by someone who also happened to have actually been arrested for gene editing embryos)
minus-squareJayDee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·17 days agoThis guy did so to two children, giving them an experimental immunity gene IIRC. He promptly faced jailtime for medical malpractice. He apparently is back in the news for wanting to do alzheimers testing on mice and then zygotes. this time all above board, he says.
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoNot enough jail time
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoThat’s all wrong. He edited out the receptor for HIV. This is natural in some people. He did it for cash. He’s not a doctor. The infraction is editing the human germline, which is not illegal in the USA, but is in most countries.
minus-squareJayDee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoThank you. I figured i’d gotten info wrong but all the articles I found about him were being extremely vague, so i figured i’d leave things up to Cunningham’s Law.
This guy did so to two children, giving them an experimental immunity gene IIRC. He promptly faced jailtime for medical malpractice.
He apparently is back in the news for wanting to do alzheimers testing on mice and then zygotes. this time all above board, he says.
Not enough jail time
That’s all wrong.
He edited out the receptor for HIV. This is natural in some people. He did it for cash.
He’s not a doctor. The infraction is editing the human germline, which is not illegal in the USA, but is in most countries.
Thank you. I figured i’d gotten info wrong but all the articles I found about him were being extremely vague, so i figured i’d leave things up to Cunningham’s Law.