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‘There is no way to stop this’: Canadian biotech entrepreneur wants to genetically modify babies
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 May 2026
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I still don't have my strawberry the size of an apple. They have no clue how to do more than tiny tiny changes without killing the embryo. I am in favor though of the concept. Too many disabilities and such tied to genetics. Sure they want to just make people pretty and smart. But they don't even know what makes a person smart genetically. Disease is probably what they actually know best (which they don't know that well). So logically that is where they will endup really.