Admission to elite colleges requires high SAT scores and high school GPA. If gene therapy could be used to improve performance on exams but was expensive to obtain, what is a potential consequence that ethicists would find concerning?
A. Older people would receive little benefit from this therapy.
B. Students would be allowed to determine if their genes would be edited.
C. The genes of high school students would be known to other people.
D. Only people who could afford the therapy would attend elite colleges.
Answer: D
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