The Human Gene Editing Debate [Audiobook]
English | ASIN: B09R9KP8PL | 2022 | 5 hours and 17 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 146 MB
Author: John H. Evans
Narrator: Victor Bevine
In 2018, the first genetically modified babies were reportedly born in China, made possible by the invention of CRISPR technology in 2012. This controversial advancement overturned the preexisting moral consensus, which had held for over 50 years before: While gene editing an adult person was morally acceptable, modifying babies, and thus subsequent generations, crossed a significant moral line. If this line is passed over, scientists will be left without an agreed-upon ethical limit.