/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10397252
People without sickle cell trait were more likely to die before breeding than those with sickle cell trait

>>10397252
Same goes for thalassemia.
This is a fact, not a speculation.
There are numerous researches on this.

>>10397252
Yep I remember that from a slideshow in highschool biology

>>10397277
Sorry I didn't mean to include that image it was just included because I posted a shitty thread with it.

>>10397274
How can we manipulate this?

>>10397285
we're on the verge of being able to manipulate the gene in germline before people are born which could end this problem. Only problem is Dr. He already shit all over genetic engineering for people and that'll probably set this back for years.

>>10397298
Wouldnt the concept of people being born with top tier Genes invoke some jealousy between those born before, and cause some sort of divide between the populations?

I mean losing your long time job to a gene baby cant sit well.

>>10397285
I don't know. I already have the gene.
If I had kids with a woman who also has the gene there is a significant chance the kid would have thalassemia.
But if this happens the docs can just abort it.
So aren't we already manipulating it?
And btw malaria is a retarded disease.
You can get rid of it by manipulating the environment and drying up the swamps.
There used to be a lot of malaria till a couple hundred years ago, then they dried all the swamps and poof it was gone.

>>10397307
yes it's a pretty interesting bioethical dilemma we're gonna be in