I suppose this could be a wonderful thing or a terrible one... Is the future going to consist of a small number of eternal humans who use gene therapy, etc. to extend their lives and pass laws preventing new births to prevent overpopulation? Is it going to consist of a world where people are required to be 'terminated' after a certain age to make room for more people but are given a disease-free life while alive? Is this going to have any effect at all? A massive or a minimal effect? There are so many ways to consider this. Some people consider it 'playing God'. It's a lot like the 'stem cell' debate - taking life to give life - but, in this case, a life need not be given to improve another. What do you think?

I suppose this could be a wonderful thing or a terrible one... Is the future going to consist of a small number of eternal humans who use gene therapy, etc. to extend their lives and pass laws preventing new births to prevent overpopulation? Is it going to consist of a world where people are required to be 'terminated' after a certain age to make room for more people but are given a disease-free life while alive? Is this going to have any effect at all? A massive or a minimal effect? There are so many ways to consider this. Some people consider it 'playing God'. It's a lot like the 'stem cell' debate - taking life to give life - but, in this case, a life need not be given to improve another. What do you think? - Within a few years, Jim Johnsen and Delaney Van Riper may be among the first to benefit from CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, a breakthrough that has already revolutionized biology research and promises to resurrect gene therapy.