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There is a potential to treat diseases through gene editing, deadly diseases in the human genome can be eliminated or minimized. However, this technology can easily be abused for non-therapeutic modifications. The ethical issues that are raised with germline gene therapy specifically is that the individuals who are treated with this are not born yet. Therefore, they do not have the ability to consent to the treatment. Due to the fact that these techniques are relatively new, not a lot is known about the adverse effects of these treatments and what may happen in the future. I believe what must be done is have more research on the topics, conduct more trials in order to have a solid foundation of understanding on gene therapy. This means that it would take longer before these techniques can be clinically used but they would be safer.