1 Genetic engineering: genetic modification at the expense of health?
Since 2012, a new method has been used in genetic engineering, the so-called CRISPR/Cas gene scissors.
This technology can be used to The genetic material of living beings can be altered.
In 2015, researchers were the first to correct a defect in human embryos for the first time.
The fact that this superficially A study by Uppsala University shows that this
superficially promising method is not without danger. study by the University of Uppsala.
The science team there has found that CRISPR/Cas can cause
major structural changes in DNA changes in the DNA of zebrafish.
This method can be used to genome, i.e. the genetic material,
can be "cut open" and DNA sections can be inserted or removed.
But the gene scissors can also cut cut into the genome in undesirable places.
In the case of the undesirable changes have been passed
on to the offspring. have been passed on to the offspring.
The latest study thus confirms older reports that
showed unintended effects of this genetic engineering process.
This "scientific progress" would open the door for
the purposes of genetic "improvement" of human beings and
could thus have unforeseeable, destructive effects on humankind, but
also on other living beings and the environment.