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06 Mar 2021, 6:52 am

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Sadly particularly in the US big Pharma has its element of corruption and is not completely trustworthy. So maybe the next big thing will come elsewhere China perhaps?

Now this I like to see. :twisted:
Because China's research is not as regulated as in it in the west -- where it's very strict if not outright illegal.



From what I've heard, in China, there are already born genetically engineered humans -- and some, it may not even the disease or disability preventing kind.

Lots of ethnical debates, ramifications, controversies, etc. On global scale. Fun stuff. :lol:
It makes the spats from both 'sides' related to autism an insignificant sidepiece.


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06 Mar 2021, 10:42 am

Edna3362 wrote:
carlos55 wrote:
Sadly particularly in the US big Pharma has its element of corruption and is not completely trustworthy. So maybe the next big thing will come elsewhere China perhaps?

Now this I like to see. :twisted:
Because China's research is not as regulated as in it in the west -- where it's very strict if not outright illegal.



From what I've heard, in China, there are already born genetically engineered humans -- and some, it may not even the disease or disability preventing kind.

Lots of ethnical debates, ramifications, controversies, etc. On global scale. Fun stuff. :lol:
It makes the spats from both 'sides' related to autism an insignificant sidepiece.


Yes that will be an issue.

I forgot to mention at the end of last year using advanced AI scientists basically solved the protein folding puzzle that’s taken 50 years to master.

It was a huge thing in science and means drug development that would normally take years in a lab under trial and error can potentially be done on computer in minutes.

Just goes to show over time insurmountable scientific problems can be solved. As they say where there’s a will there’s a way. :D

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4


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17 Mar 2021, 8:28 am

To me, the only "cure" is to learn to be able to get your basic needs met and then, try to see if you can build something from there.



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18 Mar 2021, 11:32 am

Edna3362 wrote:
From what I've heard, in China, there are already born genetically engineered humans -- and some, it may not even the disease or disability preventing kind.

Looking this up, I found: Chinese scientist who produced genetically altered babies sentenced to 3 years in jail by Dennis Normile, Science, Dec. 30, 2019. So it would appear that even China has some ethical issues with the idea of genetically engineered human babies.


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