There are a lot of voices getting into the mix of thedebate on human genome editing, taking on the unenviable task of playing God. One of these voices is the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics(ACMG.)

The first point that [the ACMG] raise is that the limitations of genome editing technologies will need to be overcome before there is clinical applicationThe second point is thatthe process used to correct a gene mustfix the original genetic mutation so that it no longercausesdisease[and] not causeany other genetic changes.

[T]hese are great places to start the conversation, but, it may simply not be possible to cross all of these Ts and dot all of these Is before therapies becomeuseful.

But, thedebate cannot occur too far into the future as this technology is progressing faster than we are responding to it. The ACMGstatethat genome editing in the human embryo is premature which implies that we are not ready for it to happen. However, gene editing technology is available now. Therefore, the conversations need to be happening now.

[The study can be found here.]

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