In 2019, Victoria Gray became the first U.S. patient cured of sickle cell disease, which often caused her excruciating pain. After her CRISPR-Cas9 treatment, she now lives pain-free and can care for her four children with ease (Coddington). Discovered in 2012, CRISPR-Cas9 is a highly precise genome editing technology. This tool can cut through DNA to treat genetic diseases, such as sickle cell disease, that had previously no cure by modifying and replacing unwanted genes. Despite scientists’ moral duty to help their patients, through the potential negative consequences, such as mutations…