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Another thing to consider is that one could use CRISPR to make lives worse. What if someone gave Michelle Obama a very high chance of breast or ovarian cancer
by jamescostian 11y ago
Another thing to consider is that one could use CRISPR to make lives worse.
What if someone gave Michelle Obama a very high chance of breast or ovarian cancer by giving her BRCA1 or BRCA2[0]? What if a dictator's competition got sickle-cell anemia all of a sudden, or lost their sickle-cell anemia before their trip to a malaria zone (which is also bad[1])?
[0] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12677558 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12677558
[1] http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/sickle_cell.html http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/sickle_cell.html
- icegreentea 11y agoIf you could manage to give someone gene therapy, they're already screwed. Consider that the only reasonable mechanisms for gene therapy on grown animals is to infect them with a virus (or something similar). If you can infect someone with a virus, they're already dead.
- Ultimatt 11y agoSure but altering their genome subtly so that it appears natural it becomes impossible to police as the murderer is very far removed from the murder.