From: Jonathan Standley (standley@rcn.com)
Date: Tue Dec 31 2002 - 15:17:08 MST
if you're on the WTA -Talk list, just ignore this
If the raelians' claim is for real (a big if...), it carries huge
implications regarding the role of government and industry in the
development of technology...
"smart mice" were first created 3 years ago:
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pictures/other/smartmouse/index.html
this technique presumably would work for humans, given the
similarities in mice and humans' genes (only 300 or so genes unique
to either species)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
file=/news/archive/2002/12/04/national1500EST0686.DTL&type=science
Get enough transhumanists to donate start-up funds, hire someone who
can replicate Tsien's work, and lets start doing our own germline
engineering. Seriously.
J Standley
http://users.rcn.com/standley/AI/AI.htm
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