Genome edited twin birth
What twin birth means
In November 2018, Professor Kajiku of Southern Science University of China announced that " genome editing technology was used to create a twin that prevented AIDS" " did.
However, Kiya Kagi does not know the truth of whether twins were born, such as not presenting test data, but if true, if it is true it will be the first human being born by genome editing.
Regarding this news, many countries and organizations including China have issued a statement saying " condemn it .
The Japanese Genome Editorial Association also announced that " expresses a strong concern .
But why do you blame so much anywhere?
There will be safety issues and bioethical issues.
Genome editing technology is still a developing technique. The precision of technology is not perfect, and off-target effect may come out. Technically there are still various problems, Acts that manipulate such life itself without knowing safety are problematic .
And it is a matter of bioethics. It is a worldwide idea that it is not easy to allow people to manipulate using science and technology so easily as it is called the area of God. Also, if you modify the gene, There is also a problem that it will be inherited to the next generation in the future. If we spread the so-called "designer baby *" is the social, eugenic thought of penetration, there is even more concern that discrimination is widespread.
* For the designer baby, I will explain in detail on the "Genome editing to human fertilized egg" page.
From this aspect, The act of genome editing and the creation of a human fertilized egg is not permitted .
