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bitcoinaz | 7 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 Using CRISPR gene editing to prevent pigs from getting blue-ear pig disease
Pigs grown from edited fertilized eggs were found to be immune to the disease

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-crispr-gene-pigs-blue-ear.html
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Toshi | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I love to watch how we stumble into extinction
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ĐaꝞꭵꞧuꞩ.₿ 🟠 | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 This tech is literally the opposite of extinction.

Using this allows us to continue to survive against nature's odds. Like we have for millennium.
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Toshi | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I see it as playing God. And that's not going to end well, imo. Just look at what we have done with gain-of-function research on viruses. This is a whole other level.
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ĐaꝞꭵꞧuꞩ.₿ 🟠 | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Playing "God" is all humans are good at.