When a vaccine for polio was developed by Salk, a lot testing and red
tape was cut because of the widespread public fear of the disease. It
still took more than a year to get it out. But these bespoke CRISPR
treatments should be able to accept a lot more risk of accidentally
killing one perso
Of course it wasn't actually tried; it was threatened.
I think we should limber up and try out impeaching Supreme court
justices. We could start with Thomas for not recusing himself from
case involving his wife. Then we could go on to Gorsuch and Kavanaugh
and Barrett for lying to the Congr
On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 2:49 PM Lawrence Crowell <
goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are all sorts of questions this brings up. I suppose it is
> inevitable, but it could redefine what is meant by being human. Human
> beings could end up as engineered beings for various purposes.
All true. Now it is a disturbing thing, but then so its nuclear annihilation,
which has been of real concern, once more, since February of this year. So,
being adults here we suck it up, and when we deal with the ethical troubles
that tech presents, we should also joyfully enjoy it's benefits.
B
There are all sorts of questions this brings up. I suppose it is
inevitable, but it could redefine what is meant by being human. Human
beings could end up as engineered beings for various purposes.
LC
On Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8:54:28 AM UTC-6 johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
> Check out this
We haven't pushed it. I asked my B-in-law some years ago about Crispr-Cas9 and
whether it would have any use for curing diseases even non-genetically
expressed or caused. He was a chemotherapist and a palliative care guy, and
cautiously, he considered that it wouldn't. Wrong!!! I'd have been thr
Check out this article from The New York Times. Because I'm a subscriber,
you can read it through this gift link without a subscription.
We Can Cure Disease by Editing a Person’s DNA. Why Aren’t We?
Revolutionized medicine may be at hand, but barriers remain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/o
On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 7:24 PM wrote:
*> His policies were surprisingly good, for he US middle class and for US
> students with freshly, minted IT degrees, versus, H1-B workers.*
>
In your writing I usually have to guess who the referent to your personal
pronouns are, and in this case I'm guessi
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