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> until people are able to customize DNA Replacing MtDNA with that of a donor is already a thing. We are also screening embryos' genes for diseases. Neither of
by im3w1l 3y ago
> until people are able to customize DNA
Replacing MtDNA with that of a donor is already a thing. We are also screening embryos' genes for diseases. Neither of these are true arbitrary-write modications I guess, but we are getting there one step at a time.
- WalterBright 3y agoOh, I think we're going to get there. The interesting thing is I doubt humans will do well living on other bodies in the solar system without deliberate genetic modification. The modifications would be things like being able to tolerate different gravities, different gas pressure, different air composition, radiation hardening, maybe seeing different light wavelengths, tolerance for various poisonous chemicals, etc.
- im3w1l 3y agoRepairing damaged genes, and putting already existing genes (especially human ones) in people I see us doing that fairly soon. But completely new genes for tolerating other planets. That seems very far off. Not in the next 100 years, I would think.