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I'll have to tentatively agree. The new splicing technology is to
genetics what the transistor was to computing.
The main problem is a political one - trying to control the companies
who control the technology.
I really have a big problem with them patenting the genetic material
of plants that have been used for centuries, then splicing terminator
genes in so that seed can only be bought from them, and only last a
single generation.
On Fri, 03 Sep 1999, Magna wrote:
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> > Being Devil's advocate on the genetics issue again...
> >
> > A team of researchers at Princeton University have modified a gene in mice
> > which affects memory, and claim / appear to have produced a smarter mouse.
> The
> > premise is that this may help people 'someday'.
> >
>
> Thanks for the link Martian - its facinating stuff. I saw it on the BBC's
> site also. Genetics is moving along at an incredible pace. I reckon within
> the next 10 or 20 years they will be able to stop (or at least radically
> slow down) aging. The Immortal, superintelligent man may be just round the
> corner.
>
> Have you noticed though how most the comments they make about this are
> things like it may help people with disfunctional memory, or some other
> mental disease. Not it could make ordinary people more intelligent. This is
> indicative of the whole paradigm the medical world is operating under and
> also the way most people think about these things as a consequence. For
> example in America the only way the FDA can license a drug is IF it treats a
> disease. This means that if someone found a drug which increased your IQ by
> 25 points and made you live 20 years longer it would be given approval by
> the FDA (unless of course it treated some disease as a side effect, but then
> of course the doctor would only give it to you if you had that disease). Is
> this MADNESS or what?
>
> I'm all for creating a better man through science. We are at a magic time
> when we can start to take our evolution into our own hands and the world
> governments seems to have their heads up their ass.
>
> I'd be interested to hear some other views from people on this list on this
> issue. Anyone??
>
> Magna
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