Comment on First-In-Human Trial Of CRISPR Gene-Editing Therapy Safely Lowered Cholesterol, Triglycerides

Beacon@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Exeous@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  For rich by rich, only rich get.

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  • MolochHorridus@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Now, sing with me: “Only in America…”

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• FerretyFever0@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Shit's going to get pretty weird imo. Hopefully it isn't used for eugenics purposes (it probably will be, let's be honest). I don't think that people should be able to change so many things that they become unrecognizable, but I can understand changing a few things per person, voluntarily, obviously.

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  • Beacon@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I believe in bodily autonomy. People should be able to do whatever they want to their own body.

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    • FerretyFever0@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Allowed, sure, just don't think it's a good idea to completely change who you are. I want humans to be recognizable as such. I'm more worried about what parents will be doing to their children, that's where the eugenics shit becomes a problem. Getting rid of "undesirable" traits and whatnot.

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      • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Some people are way too attached to their disabilities.

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  • black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There are a lot more problems in trying to create the infrastructure to enforce sanctioned uses of any readily accessible technology than there is in the use of said tool. The people who want to do the most harm inevitability wind up in the oversight position, while society tends to create enforcement mechanisms at a social, interpersonal level organically already.

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• jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Don’t want to stop being cruel and violent? Want to keep committing atrocity against vulnerable individuals while destroying human-supporting environments on Earth, for absolutely no practical benefit to yourself? Well good news! Investor-driven medical research is here to protect you (and only you) from the consequences of your monstrous choices!

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  • Beacon@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What are you talking about?

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    • nyan@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I suspect they’re making an unwarranted assumption that the experimental patient ended up with high cholesterol due to excessive consumption of animal products (rather than, say, a genetic defect that would cause them to overproduce it regardless of diet) and applying some typical vegan arguments regarding livestock farming. No need to listen to them.

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    • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Where do you think dietary cholesterol comes from?

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      • 3abas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Well, it can come from palm/coconut oil for example, it doesn’t only come from animals, and vegans with familial hypercholesterolemia want you to shut the fuck up.

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      • Beacon@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Your body makes it's own cholesterol, and so the main driver of your cholesterol level is genetics. Quote from the AMA:

        "Primarily, your cholesterol profile is genetic."

        https://www.ama-assn.org/public-health/chronic-diseases/what-doctors-wish-patients-knew-about-high-cholesterol

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• termaxima@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And enjoy the 5 cancers you just caused yourself by editing other genes that happen to contain the targeted sequence !

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