Tag: biotechnology
Here Comes “Blade Runner World”!
It is startling to realize that the movie Blade Runner takes place in 2019.
China Genetically Engineering Monkeys to Be More Human
Swell. A few years ago we were promised experiments that would effect the brain would never be done in mice. They were right.
Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show
We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.”
Don’t Let Anti-GMO Fanatics Thwart Improved Photosynthesis Crops
It is flat-out unreasoning — and in my view, anti-human.
With Gene Editing, Scientists Perilously Push Borders of Biotechnology
Such manipulations, if ever done in humans, could a profound impact on human society going down the generations.