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American scientists have created a cell from scratch, every article on it online that I can see has ended with the ominous phrase, but what are the ethical implications.
What exactly are the ethical implications BBC News - Ethics concern over synthetic cell
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I do like the BBC for the most part but sometimes the science reporting is a bit "It's Alive!" fear mongering for my taste. The cell isn't completely artificial- the artificial DNA was placed in a normal cell and the DNA is based on existing DNA- but it's the next best thing and 100% artificial cells are pretty much a done deal. Scientists will be able to build designer bacteria within the next decade and the implications are mind boggling.
Synthetic Genome+Natural Cell=New Life? | The Loom | Discover Magazine
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I am just curious as to why anyone would find it unethical, perhaps it is just blurb.
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Is a bacon tree in our future?
That would be an ethical use.
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Not in the immediate future soz, it can make more of the most successful organism in the galaxy,
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How the hell does that work? Any day now: ![]()
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In essence that is a facebook page that wants to create a time machine to stop people playing god, I'm for it ![]()
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The ethical implications is that it's going to freak out a bunch of ignorant, superstitious folks who are frightened by the hubris of science, even though they have no idea what hubris means.
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