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DIT Gene Editing - Someone Is Going to Get Hurt

Decentralization of DNA editing techniques will lead to regulatory and public health problems

14-May-2018

Key points from article :

With cheaper equipment citizen-scientists are attempting to re-engineer DNA.

The do-it-yourself genetics revolution one day may go catastrophically wrong.

Worry that someone will use the technology to create a bioweapon.

Researchers has recreated from scratch an extinct relative of smallpox.

A site called Science Exchange serves as a Craigslist for DNA.

Laws that cover biotechnology have not been significantly updated in decades.

The study was published in the journal PLOS One.

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David Evans

Professor in Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology at University of Alberta.

George Church

Harvard Professor and PersonalGenomes.org Founder

PLOS ONE

This journal covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine.

University of Alberta

University of Alberta in Canada

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Biohacking