Are Form 5495 Ethics 2017-2024

So what if I could make for you a designer baby what if you as a parent to be and I as a scientist decided to go down that road together what if we didn't what if we thought you know we thought that's a bad idea that many of our family friends and co-workers did make that decision let's fast forward just 15 years from now let's pretend it's the year 2030 and you're a parent you have your daughter Marion next to you and in 2030 she is what we call unnatural because she has no genetic modifications and because you and your partner consciously made that decision many in your social circle they kind of look down on you they think you're like a Luddite or a technophobe Marion's best friend Jenna who lives right next door is a very different story she was born a genetically modified designer baby with numerous upgrades yeah upgrades and these enhancements were introduced using a new genetic modification technology that goes by the funny name CRISPR you know like something's crisped this is CRISPR the scientist that Jenna's parents hired to do this for several million dollars introduced CRISPR into a whole panel of human embryos and then they used genetic testing and they predicted that that little tiny embryo Jenna's embryo would be the best of the bunch and now jenna is an actual real person she's sitting sitting on the carpet in your living room playing with your daughter Marian and your families have known each other for years now and has become very clear to you the jenna is extraordinary she's incredibly intelligent if you're honest with yourself she's smarter than you and she's five years old she's beautiful tall athletic and the list goes on and...