Accessible Synthetic Biology Raises New Concerns for DIY Biological Warfare

Accessible Synthetic Biology Raises New Concerns for DIY Biological Warfare | Motherboard: "Scientific discoveries generally outpace our ability to legislate sensible limits, or even understand exactly what we’re playing with; that’s the point of experimental research, after all: to chart the unknown. The discovery last year that scientists in China have begun using gene-editing techniques on human embryos—a troubling, unprecedented step towards a sci-fi dystopia —has ignited a vigorous global debate about the limits we ought to have when manipulating biology."