# Genetic engineering **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [October 25, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/genetic-engineering/53164 "2019-10-25T01:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/genetic-engineering/53164/1 "2019-10-25T01:32:39Z")
Can watch standers in the future be genetically engineered to bypass sleep? Advancements in this field are moving fast but ethical considerations loom large. > **[Designer babies are on the way. We're not ready](https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/opinions/gene-edit-dangers-opinion-klitzman/index.html)** > > Technology, once thought to the the stuff of sci-fi movies, now allows us to pick and choose the genes that we want our children to have. But these advancements also create ethical dilemas, writes Robert Klitzman [https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/690828991/gene-editing-scientists-actions-are-a-product-of-modern-china](https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/690828991/gene-editing-scientists-actions-are-a-product-of-modern-china) Dr He and his family are in a university apartment at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, surrounded by guards while his work is investigated. It’s not known if they are armed. The Chinese government states he is not under arrest. Translation: If he tries to escape we will shoot him down like a rabid dog Meanwhile in the US, CRISPR kits are available online that make it possible to experiment on small animals in your home kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![KPChief](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kpchief/32/26_2.png) [@KPChief](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/KPChief)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/genetic-engineering/53164/2 "2019-10-25T09:22:33Z")
> [@Lee\_Shore](#): > > Meanwhile in the US, CRISPR kits are available online that make it possible to experiment on small animals in your home kitchen. This explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/genetic-engineering/53164/3 "2019-10-25T10:08:14Z")
Netflix is currently airing a show called Unnatural Selection. There’s a segment where a guy is keeping several large dogs in cages and using them for his kitchen based genetic experiments. I found it highly disturbing.