Optogenetics: A Virtual Reality System for Controlling Living Cells

Julio Franco

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Very cool yet very creepy. So much potential to help, so many dark avenues that unfortunately will be explored.
 
I read that scientists have developed a tool that enabled the editing of an organism's genome through the external use of light and was all amped up to hear how they were applying it to curing cancer. For what is cancer if not a genetic disorder? Man, all I see is their need to create a manual for the human brain at the expense of millions of lives and revenue lost by finding a cure for the greatest killer of all times. Yay progress.
 
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