What would happen to society if we started to extensively modify our own dna?

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What would happen to society if we started to extensively modify our own dna? - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

My honest opinion is that we aren’t there yet. If people use gene therapy on a large scale today (the one that actually alters the DNA inside the cell’s nucleus) we’re gonna end up with a large amount of genetic damage, damaged individuals and damaged offspring within a few generations.