By jlat1412 on Skatehive
Image generated by Gemini AI for this post. This post is the product of a series of questions that have been stored in my mind for many years. Questions that begin with many of the "what if…" scenarios that have given rise to some of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.My particular "what if…" touches on a controversial subject: gene editing in human beings, a topic that has generated so much discussion in recent times.When the Human Genome Project was launched under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health, the study of the human genome had several objectives: understanding the origins of degenerative diseases, developing new medications, and enabling more reliable and efficient diagnoses. The results of this ambitious project were not only going to improve people's health, but also implied the creation of new jobs and the strengthening of the pharmaceutical industry on the stock market.Outside of the initial debate in the mid-19