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but tech industry tries to make one anyway

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/genetically-engineered-babies-are-banned-tech-titans-are-trying-to-make-one-anyway/ar-AA1Q46cV

"For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby"

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup — called Preventive Measures — has been quietly preparing what would amount to a biological first in USA.

They are working toward creating a child born from an embryo edited to prevent a hereditary disease.... Editing genes in embryos with the intention of creating babies from them is banned in the U.S. and many countries. But not in China. PM has been searching for places to experiment where embryo editing is allowed, including the United Arab Emirates.

PM is in the vanguard of a growing number of startups, that are pushing the boundaries of fertility and working to commercialize reproductive genetic technologies.

Some are working on embryo editing, while others are already selling genetic screening tools that seek to account for the influence of dozens or hundreds of genes on a trait. They say their ultimate goal is to produce babies who are free of genetic disease and resilient against illnesses.

Some say they can also give parents the ability to choose embryos that will have higher IQs and preferred traits such as height and eye color. Armstrong, the cryptocurrency billionaire, is leading the charge to make embryo editing a reality. He has told people that gene-editing technology could produce children who are less prone to heart disease, with lower cholesterol and stronger bones to prevent osteoporosis. According to documents and people briefed on his plans, he is already an investor or in talks with embryo editing ventures...
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I can't wait to see everything get worse
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We Gattaca now
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ive been putting off reproduction for this. But its really illegal
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>>521020178
just gonna be a ton of white babies with non-white parents. everyone is white or wishes they were
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>>521020178
its a scam



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