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Futurologist@futurology.today to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 26 days ago

The US has approved CRISPR pigs for food: Pigs whose DNA makes them resistant to a virus could be the first big consumer product using gene editing.

www.technologyreview.com

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The US has approved CRISPR pigs for food: Pigs whose DNA makes them resistant to a virus could be the first big consumer product using gene editing.

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    deleted by creator

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      our opinions of appearance and their perceived ‘intelligence’ have no bearing on their ability to suffer; nor the unfathomable harm the animal agriculture industries are doing to the environment and our health.

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    Fixing their living conditions? Nah, just make it so they they can suffer even worse.

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    Well, this is how we get zombie pigmen. So thats cool I guess.

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    the rich are going to start having kids that live unusually long, have unusually similar symmetric features, and have unusually high intelligence.

    like miranda from mass effect.

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      23 days ago

      Like the plot to Gattaca

      • Alloi@lemmy.world
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        bingo

  • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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    Maybe first meat, gmo agriculture has been around a long time.

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