What about the genetic code to grow angel wings?

[painted wolf]

Originally Posted by Terrywoodenpic

Bumblebees should not be able to fly either.

Just FYI.. this is a common misconception. There is nothing that would limit a bumblebee or keep it from flying.

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[Midnight Pete]

Originally Posted by painted wolf

Just FYI.. this is a common misconception. There is nothing that would limit a bumblebee or keep it from flying.

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[painted wolf]

ps... as for the OP.... no.

The required genetic modifications are far too severe to be viable.

Not that I wouldn't love a set of functional wings... to fly under ones own power is one of humankind's oldest dreams.

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[Midnight Pete]

The required genetic modifications are far too severe to be viable.

Not to mention far too unethical.

But there have been doctors for whom medical ethics presented no barriers. Joseph Mengele the Nazi doctor comes to mind.

[painted wolf]

Originally Posted by Midnight Pete

Not to mention far too unethical.

But there have been doctors for whom medical ethics presented no barriers. Joseph Mengele the Nazi doctor comes to mind.

I'm more concerned with the ethics of patenting genes than sci-fi human-animal hybrids.

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[Midnight Pete]

Originally Posted by painted wolf

I'm more concerned with the ethics of patenting genes than sci-fi human-animal hybrids.

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Patenting genes, huh? Is science always so money-driven?

[dust1n]

Originally Posted by Bobbyh

Could we potentially alter human dna to evolve into a speices of winged people ressembling angels in the future?

I thought the 'title' of 'angel' implied a lot more than just wings that look like a bird's. So altering people to look like angels wouldn't actually make them angels, they would be humans genetically engineered to look like angels.

[dust1n]

Originally Posted by Midnight Pete

Patenting genes, huh? Is science always so money-driven?

LMAO, not nearly as much as religious institutions.

[dust1n]

Originally Posted by tomato1236

Well Pete, sort of looks kinda like some of us will often have to generally qualify most everything we try to say.

In a debates section? I would certainly hope so.

[dust1n]

Originally Posted by Midnight Pete

Patenting genes, huh? Is science always so money-driven?

Not to mention, that has everything to do with politics and little to do with science.

Need I remind anyone that it was Reagan that allowed for public universities to take grant money from private corporations in their research? What do you think is the money-driving factor here, science or the profitable possibilities that science can create?