This post is kind of confusing because it starts off with someone else's April Fool's joke. This article from Nature discusses some of the ethical issues here

This post is kind of confusing because it starts off with someone else's April Fool's joke. This article from Nature discusses some of the ethical issues here rather well: http://www.scribd.com/doc/13134612/Naturrecom456702a http://www.scribd.com/doc/13134612/Naturrecom456702a