While I think he meant well and feedback he’s been getting might be a little too far, I do believe He Jianku has lost his moral compass. He wasn’t fully sure of the long term effects his experiment may have on the babies and that’s huge for a scientist. It’s a scientist’s job to inform the public on new information based on the environment revolving around society, but one enormous factor to this is making sure the public is one hundred percent safe. You can’t just conduct experiments on people without knowing what the full term consequences are. Whether or not he had consent for the parents (I couldn’t really tell from the articles I read, maybe I just skipped over) isn’t the bigger picture. What is the bigger picture is that if these kids grow up, they might possibly obtain features in the future they might not be too happy with. Let’s say they gain mutations in the future because of the unknown long term effects of CRISPR. These are possibilities Jianku should have been thinking about before conducting his experiment, but he was too busy fantasizing about how amazing it would be if he found a pathway to being HIV free. While it’s good to be optimistic, you absolutely have to be more cautious as a scientist. I don’t think Dr. Doudna should have any blame put on her. I wasn’t able to catch much of her involving this topic, but from what I gather, she had nothing to do with Jianku’s actions. Even though she taught him, she shouldn’t really be held responsible over someone else’s actions that she had no involvement in. Also, I just recently learned from reading more articles that Jianku was mostly in it for fame and money. I don’t know if this is true, but if it is, then that’s extremely shameful. Members of the scientific community must educate the public with their findings for the purpose of the public’s well being, not for selfish needs such as money and fame. He should have chosen a career in pop culture if that’s really what he’s been looking for. Now, on the topic of culture, I get that different cultures contain different values, but some things are just morally wrong. This topic can lead to a whole other discussion/argument, but the main focus here is CRISPR. This is obviously personal opinion, as everybody has their own moral standards, but selfishly playing with another human being’s life without knowing possible future consequences on that said human being for the sake of personal benefits such as money and fame is extremely unethical. Overall, I think what he did was wrong, and I know different cultures have different values, but some things are just completely unethical and this is a good example of that.
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