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On today\u2019s ID the Future<\/strong>, bioethicist Wesley J. Smith explores a recent article in the journal Nature<\/em>, \u201cThe Alarming Rise of Complex Genetic Testing in Human Embryo Selection.\u201d<\/a> As alarming as that title sounds, Smith says the reality is even worse than the Nature <\/em>article suggests. Using the breakthrough technology known as CRISPR, scientists are not only altering the genes of a given creature, including humans, but are even altering the creature\u2019s germline. This threatens to permanently alter a species, Smith explains, including the human species. There\u2019s the question of whether we have the right play god in this way, of course. There\u2019s also the practical issue of scientists not really knowing what they are doing yet. A gene identified as having a certain negative effect and therefore targeted for elimination, Smith says, could turn out to also have a positive effect that was only discovered after the gene was eliminated. This precise scenario may have occurred in a case in China involving human beings. Tune in to learn more, and check out Smith\u2019s new podcast, Humanize.Show<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On today\u2019s ID the Future, bioethicist Wesley J. Smith explores a recent article in the journal Nature, \u201cThe Alarming Rise of Complex Genetic Testing in Human Embryo Selection.\u201d As alarming as that title sounds, Smith says the reality is even worse than the Nature article suggests. Using the breakthrough technology known as CRISPR, scientists are not only altering the genes of a given creature, including humans, but are even altering the creature\u2019s germline. This threatens to permanently alter a species, Smith explains, including the human species. There\u2019s the question of whether we have the right play god in this way, of course. There\u2019s also the practical issue of scientists not really knowing what they are doing yet. A gene identified Read More ›<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":40452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","sync_status":"synced","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/b7b880d2-89d7-49ae-9ab9-b40b8008c896-IDTF-1586-WesleyJSmith-Gene-Editing.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"957915","podmotor_episode_id":"1083294","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:18:56","filesize":"9 mb","filesize_raw":"9463581","date_recorded":"2022-04-11 13:14:59","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1586","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[169,5344,281,364,4991,5349,550,4532,5345,5353,5348,5343,5351,5354,948,3208,5290,5287,5350,5347,5346,5355,4678,5352,5342],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-40450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bioethics","tag-buck-v-bell","tag-china","tag-crispr","tag-down-syndrome","tag-embryonic-research","tag-eugenics","tag-gene-editing-2","tag-gene-edited-children","tag-genetic-testing","tag-germline-gene-editing","tag-humanize-show","tag-in-vitro-fertilization","tag-ivf","tag-malaria","tag-nature-magazine","tag-nazi-holocaust","tag-oliver-wendell-holmes","tag-polygenic-risk-scores","tag-sickle-cell-anemia-2","tag-somatic-gene-editing","tag-tay-sachs-disease","tag-the-journal-nature","tag-type-2-diabetes","tag-wesley-j-smith-robert-crowther","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Wesley J. Smith"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/designer-baby-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/idthefuture-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-download\/40450\/1586.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/40450\/1586.mp3","audio_player":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/40450\/1586.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"

Wesley J. Smith Unpacks Nature Article about Alarming Gene Editing<\/a><\/blockquote>