Gene Editing with CRISPR/Cas-9 Can Heal or Kill
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Genetic modification using new technologies like CRISPR
has been called a “weapon of mass destruction and proliferation” by
James Clapper, U.S. Director of National Intelligence, in his annual Worldwide Threat Assessment report.
Gene editing is the latest brainchild
of the biotechnology industry. It has been touted as entirely different
from gene insertion, the genetic modification technique used over the
past several decades to create GM crops and GM animals. Gene editing
technology alters the DNA inside living cells. The biotech industry says
it is an easy and cheap way to mess with Mother Nature – but, as with
other GM technology, the outcomes can’t be precisely controlled.
The rapid development of gene editing
is due to tools like CRISPR/Cas-9, an injectable protein. It can locate a
specific DNA strand in a person’s genome, delete it, and replace it
with a new DNA sequence designed by genetic engineers. That’s quite a powerful technology that could be misused in the wrong hands.
Many scientists herald genome editing
(‘germline editing’) as a way to correct conditions like Huntington’s
disease or muscular dystrophy by changing the DNA in sperm, eggs or
embryos. But others fear this is just a tactic to create “armies of blue-eyed super-intelligent babies.”...Read more>> http://naturalsociety.com/us-director-national-intelligence-genome-editing-wmd-67384/
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