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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018...earcher-claims-have-created-gene-edited-twins
Even THE Science Magainze has to use the word "bombshell" this time. As it is fairly HUGE. Researchers have had the knowledge and technology to do this for a few years know thanks to the ever advancing technology of genome editing and sequencing. However to be the first ever scientist to actually carry out the entire process from editing an embryo to actually being BORN.
This is baby step of course. As a matter of fact Monsanto has been doing this for close to a decade now to engineer livestock and poultry for better meat yields and meat quality. Everyone is waiting for someone to be the first to do this in human.
Genome coding/editing is extremely complex. To put into perspective, what this guy is doing is very much like a copy-paste coding in the programming world---->using established mammlian CRISPR-Cas editing protocol that are publically available and apply it on another mammalian organism--homo sapiens. The implication of this first step would be huge. I have little doubt that small scale gene editing will grow fast in the next decade or so. After better understanding of gene regulation network has been made, large scale species evolution may actually be carried out to improve every single aspect of human being: intelligence, metabolism, immunity, appearance and etc.
Figure 1: Example of smaller Gene Regulation Network--Local Regulation Nodes
If you have a kid definitely get them hooked on learning some basic genetic coding skills when they are gonna be at college age. Bioshock may come to life sooner than you thought.
Figure 2: Designer baby
Even THE Science Magainze has to use the word "bombshell" this time. As it is fairly HUGE. Researchers have had the knowledge and technology to do this for a few years know thanks to the ever advancing technology of genome editing and sequencing. However to be the first ever scientist to actually carry out the entire process from editing an embryo to actually being BORN.
This is baby step of course. As a matter of fact Monsanto has been doing this for close to a decade now to engineer livestock and poultry for better meat yields and meat quality. Everyone is waiting for someone to be the first to do this in human.
Genome coding/editing is extremely complex. To put into perspective, what this guy is doing is very much like a copy-paste coding in the programming world---->using established mammlian CRISPR-Cas editing protocol that are publically available and apply it on another mammalian organism--homo sapiens. The implication of this first step would be huge. I have little doubt that small scale gene editing will grow fast in the next decade or so. After better understanding of gene regulation network has been made, large scale species evolution may actually be carried out to improve every single aspect of human being: intelligence, metabolism, immunity, appearance and etc.
Figure 1: Example of smaller Gene Regulation Network--Local Regulation Nodes
![](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.springernature.com%2Ffull%2Fspringer-static%2Fimage%2Fart%253A10.1038%252Fs41467-018-03424-4%2FMediaObjects%2F41467_2018_3424_Fig1_HTML.jpg&hash=2c4e18979dd1dcb3998a9fd71ee3c0f0)
If you have a kid definitely get them hooked on learning some basic genetic coding skills when they are gonna be at college age. Bioshock may come to life sooner than you thought.
Figure 2: Designer baby
![](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.giantbomb.com%2Fuploads%2Foriginal%2F0%2F6960%2F209939-bioshock2.jpg&hash=96b68be5d4a060093f410c6a28a8256c)