Are We Ready to Edit the Fetal Genome?

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Visit https://www.asgct.org/education for more free resources on gene and cell therapy, including progress on a number of promising treatments already in development. Gene therapy is really complicated both scientifically and ethically. But it also has the potential to do some amazing things - like treating life threatening diseases in babies before they are even born. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Greg, Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/gene-therapy/Fetal-gene-therapy-treat-genetic/96/i30 https://www.nature.com/articles/3300991 https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/diagnosis.html https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i45/Gene-therapy-ready-comeback.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0106-7 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1714322 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02097667 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-gene-therapy/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/gene-therapy/about/pac-20384619 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17900991 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15851005 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05736-3 Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gene_therapy.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NHGRI-85172.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/gene-editing-gene-therapy-genome-editing-dna-manipulation-dna-editing-gloved-hand-gm931213076-255255443 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/gene-editing-science-gm1086330294-291474278 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/dna-editing-nano-bots-gm908576446-250284245 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/virus-closeup-gm922950106-253363126 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PBB_Protein_F8_image.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/3d-illustration-artificial-insemination-fertilisation-injecting-sperm-into-egg-cell-gm898998746-248071090 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/7-month-fetus-in-womb-gm183875109-16437508 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/dna-helix-in-close-up-ralt5dvpwj8zxp7nt https://www.videoblocks.com/video/science-fiction-spinning-dna-molecules-seamless-looping-motion-background--sci-fi-animated-video-loop-animation-of-double-helix-deoxyribonucleic-acid-structure--full-hd-1920-x-1080--blue-bc6g_qm0gj1n4lshu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaucher_disease_-_very_high_mag.jpg glucocerebrosidase https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glucocerebrosidase-enzyme-molecule-gm533534349-56337296 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blood_vessels_brain_english.jpg https://www.videoblocks.com/video/virus-traveling-through-bloodstream-9gjru80 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/thinking-young-monkey-gm164067218-23362670 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pregnant-woman-and-child-in-the-womb-gm912704442-251262804 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pregnant-woman-and-child-in-the-womb-gm912704496-251262805 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/cell-division-hkczlo3 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/families-gm885148062-245984792 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/dna-strand-vector-gm890188814-246684004 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/ultrasound-of-baby-boy-in-a-mothers-womb-sx50eoc8xiy0idvib https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/laboratory-rat-with-red-eyes-looks-out-of-plastic-cage-gm155373812-19712742 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/artery-biology-blood-bloodstream-cell-flow-medical-science-y5fwcnn https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-pregnant-african-american-woman-having-bloods-taken-gm187037116-27321980 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/document-and-clipboard-list-icon-vector-gm878098986-244925314 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/head-of-a-mouse-gm1003202388-271039142 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/mind-and-ideas-royalty-gm908664860-250304173 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/a-trimester-pregnant-woman-gm863399808-143151235 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/child-cute-little-girl-and-mother-holding-hand-together-gm496546048-78604001 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/abstract-molecular-dna-close-up-loop-6cltuhw https://www.videoblocks.com/video/rat-running-in-wheel-of-cage--4wpoti https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/man-holds-hand-of-a-baby-with-bar-code-on-it-genetic-cloning-concept-gm667138688-124236675
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