Finally, parents not having the right to decide on behalf of their child is not necessity linked to this specific germline application, and it only being in this top five may be an artefact of there being less arguments against curing severe genetic diseases.
It was explained that although science was still some way from the possibility of using gene editing for humans, there had been many developments in recent years and scientists were keen to understand the views of the general public on the issue.
However, genetic engineering on a is another story.