# Germline Editing Could Be a Duty to Patients by George Daley > “If I can help [my patients] via germline genome editing, I have a moral duty to do so.” > **— George Daley**, *STAT News gene-editing summit report, 2015* ## Sources and Context - **Primary or original-context publication:** [STAT News’s direct summit report](https://www.statnews.com/2015/12/03/gene-editing-human-embryos/) — Brackets replace them with Daley's patients, identified in the same reporter sentence; retain conditional if. - **Exact original wording:** “If I can help them via germline genome editing, I have a moral duty to do so.” - **Editorial brackets:** The poster replaces a source pronoun with its same-sentence referent; the exact source sentence is preserved above. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Pearl Effect - Part 2 - Genetic Mimicry and the Dysgenic Impacts on Humanity|The Pearl Effect - Part 2 - Genetic Mimicry and the Dysgenic Impacts on Humanity]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Self-Directed Evolution|Self-Directed Evolution]] - [[wiki/Reproductive Sovereignty|Reproductive Sovereignty]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “If I can help [my patients] via germline genome editing, I have a moral duty to do so.” — George Daley, STAT News gene-editing summit report, 2015 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-george-daley-germline-editing-be-duty-patients ```