What is in utero gene editing?

Recently approved gene therapies offer patients one-time, potentially curative treatments for genetic diseases such as sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia. But “one-time” miracle solutions can often be multi-month affairs, require millions of dollars, and cause painful side effects. What if that doesn’t have to be the case?
In utero gene editing, or prenatal somatic cell genome editing, envisions treating a fetus diagnosed with a genetic disease before birth, thereby preventing that entire protocol and the onset of symptoms in the first place. It would also challenge the need for the ethically fraught enterprise of embryo editing, as the treatment would only make edits in the DNA of the individual fetus - edits which would not be passed on in a heritable way.
Watch this video to learn more about in utero gene editing, how it works, and why scientists believe it might be an advantageous approach to treating certain genetic diseases.
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[@curmut3772]

cool stuff.

[@regina6838]

This is playing God. Just because something appears good it doesn't mean that it's good for your soul.

[@user-pf3tt3hb4m]

taking meds when you're sick is just like playing God too, no? Just let yourself be sick until you succumb to death. That's how stupid you sound.

[@ojdafinone2091]

How is preventing a genetic disease bad for the soul

[@regina6838]

​@ojdafinone2091I understand it's hard for people to accept what God gives them. It takes a lot of deep reflection to be able to just accept and learn and arrive at deep understanding.

[@ojdafinone2091]

@regina6838 your saying is God's fault someone has sickle cell disease, my mom had sibling that didn't even reach their teens because they had it, it doesn't make sense for God to give someone a disease that he knows will kill them before they even got the chance to learn algebra, you didn't even need to bring God into this, like anything else that is medically related, you could argue God gave someone cancer as it is a genetic mutation

[@wersus9103]

@@regina6838 Having to live a life with debilitating condition for the sake of someone's ''God'' sure seems foolish.