This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

OK NOBODY WARNED ME ABOUT THIS ONE AND HONESTLY THEY DO NOT EVEN NAME WHERE THIS STARTUP IS LOCATED WHICH MATTERS A LOT CONSIDERING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE HUMAN GENOME BUT NPR IS REPORTING THERE IS THIS COMPANY CALLED ORIGIN GENOMICS AND THEY ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO PROVE THAT EDITING HUMAN EMBRYOS IS SAFE FOR MAKING HEALTHY BABIES WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY WANT TO USE THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO EDIT OUT DISEASE-CAUSING GENES AND THE THING IS THEIR WHOLE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO SHOW THAT THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS ACTUALLY OUTWEIGH THE RISKS SO NOW THEY ARE SETTING OUT TO PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT THIS CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND I CARE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US TOO MUCH TO NOT FREAK OUT A LITTLE BIT. ANYWAY I AM CHOOSING TO BE NORMAL ABOUT IT.

TBH THIS ONE IS WILD BECAUSE FIRST WE WERE ALL JUST STANDING HERE WORRYING ABOUT NORMAL HEALTH STUFF AND THEN NPR DROPS THIS REPORT SAYING A STARTUP CALLED ORIGIN GENOMICS HAS STEPPED UP WITH TECHNOLOGY TO EDIT DISEASE-CAUSING GENES DIRECTLY IN HUMAN EMBRYOS AND NOW THEIR WHOLE IMMEDIATE GOAL IS TO PROVE THAT IT IS ACTUALLY SAFE FOR MAKING HEALTHY BABIES WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM WAY TOO MUCH AND THE THING IS THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY AIMING TO PROVE THAT THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF EDITING OUT THOSE GENES OUTWEIGH THE RISKS SO NOW AN ACTUAL COMPANY IS SETTING OUT TO SHOW THE RISKS ARE MANAGEABLE AND I SWEAR WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EDITING ACTUAL BABIES SO OK I NEED A MINUTE, THAT WAS A LOT.

Startup Origin Genomics is working to demonstrate that gene-editing disease-causing traits in human embryos is safe and that its potential benefits outweigh the risks.

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