> Of course, an app store for genetic editing doesn’t yet exist.
That actually sounds amazing.
That actually sounds amazing.
Some lunatic will write some possibly underhanded-C-esque/probably just ignorant implementation of some modification which causes apoptosis after some chemical feedback loop.
At the very least, it needs to be understood and administered by licensed professionals. I'm not saying we need full blown-FDA trials spanning years (though there are very good arguments for that), but this can't be a direct to consumer market.
If progress means death as a byproduct, than this death is totally welcome.
Joe Dirt, looking to make the next big thing on the street by causing your white blood cells to secrete fentanyl for a life-long high, does not.
This technology is easily if not more dangerous than firearms. It is literally in the same class as chemical warfare. Desensitizing ourselves to that danger AND allowing any old schmuck to publish his flawed plasmid to a public store for anyone to try is criminally negligent.