The challenge of gene therapy.

• Author: Kristof, Nicholas D.
• Position: Opinion - Brief Article

Perhaps the most complex decision in the history of our species is approaching: In what ways should we improve our genetic endowment? My concern is that we will irreversibly change what it is to be human. Once gene therapy becomes available, it'll take 10 minutes before athletes are surreptitiously using it. The standard human shape would become different, and anyone with money could took like a body builder. Yet gene therapy also offers immense promise. Injecting genes to block...