We share a vast amount of our DNA with other species. These comparative genomes could be used in the beginning stages of germline engineering to test for any fatal flaws in the new coding. As we learn more about how gene sequences work, computer models could be designed to test theoretical arrangements. Simulations of the entire lifespan of an organism could be ran to check for errors. In a matter of hours or even minutes, we could watch as an organism grew and developed from a single cell into a full grown adult. If the new coding was flawed, the simulation should detect it.
Another way to help counter errors would be to implant any new gene or modification onto an artifical chromosome. This chromosome would be separate from the person's natural dna. Should a problem arise, a chemical signal could be sent that would switch off the chromosome and stop any ill effects it may be causing.
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- Neo Nazi throwbacks outnumbered by sentient humans at rally
- The only thing that keeps 'em alive is the folks who protest them.
- this image should be publicized ..
- I imagine the other fist is holding a hammer and sickle. (n/t)
- The Nazi's might as well have been Communists.
- that doesn't even deserve a real response, you miserable Neo-Nazi cretin
- So the Americans that stomped the trash regime you worship into the mud were communists?
- BTW, it didn't look like an American sign to me.
- The means failed, the agenda did not.
- The agenda is fatally flawed.
- Recommended reading
- Actually...
- Order
- Social Darwinism, Creationism and "Intelligent Design", and other misunderstandings
- re: Order and constraints
- BTW...I don't have anything against genetic engineering of humans as a concept...
- Order
- PS
- Rocks Paper Scissors.
- The agenda is fatally flawed.
- Really?
- I imagine the other fist is holding a hammer and sickle. (n/t)
- Doesnt the fact that these morons are losing and dying out....