Michael Regilio

The other is that these changes can be passed on to offspring. Since this technology is new, scientists can't be sure what unforeseen consequences might arise. To do it is to literally experiment on people who had no say in whether or not they wanted to be experimented on.

But, and this is a huge but, it's already been done. It has. Yep. This is the tale of He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher who stunned the world when he announced that he had produced genetically edited babies.

But, and this is a huge but, it's already been done. It has. Yep. This is the tale of He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher who stunned the world when he announced that he had produced genetically edited babies.

But, and this is a huge but, it's already been done. It has. Yep. This is the tale of He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher who stunned the world when he announced that he had produced genetically edited babies.

Yep, three babies, a set of twin girls, and another child. In November 2018, he announced that he had genetically altered a number of human embryos in a way he believed would give them resistance to HIV. He made the announcement at the International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong.

Yep, three babies, a set of twin girls, and another child. In November 2018, he announced that he had genetically altered a number of human embryos in a way he believed would give them resistance to HIV. He made the announcement at the International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong.

Yep, three babies, a set of twin girls, and another child. In November 2018, he announced that he had genetically altered a number of human embryos in a way he believed would give them resistance to HIV. He made the announcement at the International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong.

And I'm not sure what he thought the reception would be, but if he was hoping he'd be heralded as a hero, he was wrong. His colleagues went, and this is a scientific term, Ape shit.

And I'm not sure what he thought the reception would be, but if he was hoping he'd be heralded as a hero, he was wrong. His colleagues went, and this is a scientific term, Ape shit.

And I'm not sure what he thought the reception would be, but if he was hoping he'd be heralded as a hero, he was wrong. His colleagues went, and this is a scientific term, Ape shit.

Here are some of the problems. Fellow scientists pointed out that there are safer, less potentially disastrous methods for protecting people from HIV. And of course, there's the whole issue that he just blasted right past the ethical concerns without so much as even conferring with his scientific peers. This was maddening.

Here are some of the problems. Fellow scientists pointed out that there are safer, less potentially disastrous methods for protecting people from HIV. And of course, there's the whole issue that he just blasted right past the ethical concerns without so much as even conferring with his scientific peers. This was maddening.

Here are some of the problems. Fellow scientists pointed out that there are safer, less potentially disastrous methods for protecting people from HIV. And of course, there's the whole issue that he just blasted right past the ethical concerns without so much as even conferring with his scientific peers. This was maddening.

Yeah, the story of Dr. Frankenstein isn't really a story of what to do. And the Chinese government wasn't exactly thrilled to have been embarrassed on the world stage by him, so they arrested him. He was convicted of illegal medical practices and sentenced to three years in prison.

Yeah, the story of Dr. Frankenstein isn't really a story of what to do. And the Chinese government wasn't exactly thrilled to have been embarrassed on the world stage by him, so they arrested him. He was convicted of illegal medical practices and sentenced to three years in prison.

Yeah, the story of Dr. Frankenstein isn't really a story of what to do. And the Chinese government wasn't exactly thrilled to have been embarrassed on the world stage by him, so they arrested him. He was convicted of illegal medical practices and sentenced to three years in prison.

Yeah. And look, in his trial, it was claimed that he had falsified paperwork, that he hadn't been completely honest with the people that were donating the embryos. And the Chinese government has definitely distanced themselves and said, we've had nothing to do with this. But I also don't know that I trust the Chinese government to be completely honest with us on everything.

Yeah. And look, in his trial, it was claimed that he had falsified paperwork, that he hadn't been completely honest with the people that were donating the embryos. And the Chinese government has definitely distanced themselves and said, we've had nothing to do with this. But I also don't know that I trust the Chinese government to be completely honest with us on everything.

Yeah. And look, in his trial, it was claimed that he had falsified paperwork, that he hadn't been completely honest with the people that were donating the embryos. And the Chinese government has definitely distanced themselves and said, we've had nothing to do with this. But I also don't know that I trust the Chinese government to be completely honest with us on everything.

That's not clear, because understandably, they are not in the public eye. But for better or worse, the Chinese government now has three test studies on the long-term effects of designer babies. And now we've entered a brave or at least a weird new world.