Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly.
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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
The best book we read about the topic: GMO Sapiens
https://goo.gl/NxFmk8
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– Good Overview by Wired:
http://bit.ly/1DuM4zq
–timeline of computer development:
http://bit.ly/1VtiJ0N
– Selective breeding:
http://bit.ly/29GaPVS
– DNA:
http://bit.ly/1rQs8Yk
– Radiation research:
http://bit.ly/2ad6wT1
– inserting DNA snippets into organisms:
http://bit.ly/2apyqbj
– First genetically modified animal:
http://bit.ly/2abkfYO
– First GM patent:
http://bit.ly/2a5cCox
– chemicals produced by GMOs:
http://bit.ly/29UvTbh
http://bit.ly/2abeHwU
http://bit.ly/2a86sBy
– Flavr Savr Tomato:
http://bit.ly/29YPVwN
– First Human Engineering:
http://bit.ly/29ZTfsf
– glowing fish:
http://bit.ly/29UwuJU
– CRISPR:
http://go.nature.com/24Nhykm
– HIV cut from cells and rats with CRISPR:
http://go.nature.com/1RwR1xI
http://ti.me/1TlADSi
– first human CRISPR trials fighting cancer:
http://go.nature.com/28PW40r
first human CRISPR trial approved by Chinese for August 2016:
http://go.nature.com/29RYNnK
– genetic diseases:
http://go.nature.com/2a8f7ny
– pregnancies with Down Syndrome terminated:
http://bit.ly/2acVyvg
( 1999 European study)
– CRISPR and aging:
http://bit.ly/2a3NYAV
http://bit.ly/SuomTy
http://go.nature.com/29WpDj1
http://ti.me/1R7Vus9
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