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minus-square SplashJackson ( @SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 days agoWasn’t he the guy who was trying to find a way for HIV-positive couples to have HIV-negative babies?
minus-square Hirom ( @Hirom@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish12•3 days agoAntiretroviral therapy for pregnant women already is a safe and effective way to avoid HIV transmission to the baby. It’s part of standard treatment guidelines https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1701216324003748 So the guy has genetically engineered babies as a potentially risky and certainlycontroversial solution for a problem that already has a safe and non-controversia solution.
Wasn’t he the guy who was trying to find a way for HIV-positive couples to have HIV-negative babies?
Antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women already is a safe and effective way to avoid HIV transmission to the baby. It’s part of standard treatment guidelines https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1701216324003748
So the guy has genetically engineered babies as a potentially risky and certainlycontroversial solution for a problem that already has a safe and non-controversia solution.