The Augments are coming

[ozzfloyd]

Scientists 'really surprised' after gene-editing experiment unexpectedly turn hamsters into hyper-aggressive bullies (msn.com)

 

[publiusr]

Gene tech really does need to be done off world.

Shades of COMA
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/03/scientists-create-worlds-first-synthetic-embryos

nice trees
https://www.al.com/life/2023/10/ala...ege-campuses-in-the-south-but-which-ones.html

 

[StarCruiser]

Before ya know it...it's KHAAAANNNN!!!

 

[Starkers]

Isn't this how the Reavers were created in Firefly?

 

[dupersuper]

Superior hamster ability breeds superior hamster ambition...

 

[vandevere]

Isn't this how the Reavers were created in Firefly?

No. It was a drug called PAX that apparently did Bad Stuff(tm) to the brain. It seems to have killed the majority of an entire planetary population, while a minority-still a sizable portion numbering in the millions-became the Reavers...

 

[Starkers]

Pax didn't kill people. It made them lethargic to the point where they couldn't feed themselves and then they died of starvation. My point was that a process designed to make hamsters more docile actually made a small number of them homicidal which is exactly what Pax did to the colonists. That one is gene editing and the other a chemical compound isn't important, the overall result is.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

And this is why you don't try to tamper with Aggression or Drive.

Leave those traits alone.

 

[Deks]

Scientists 'really surprised' after gene-editing experiment unexpectedly turn hamsters into hyper-aggressive bullies (msn.com)

I'm lacking a bit of context here.
The original study from Business Insider does NOT state what kind of environment these hamsters were originally in before or after gene editing... not to mention other factors that might have contributed to this kind of sudden change in behavior.

This is why I HATE these kinds of articles... more than half the stuff that's important for creating the context behind the study is not even mentioned.

They use flashy words to get your attention, but obscure the needed details?

Is there a link to the original study of this experiment which explains the full experiment in detail with scientific data?
I couldn't find anything on Business Insider to the original study... which makes me suspect in the first place because any article without a link to original study which can be accessed by anyone is essentially 'hot air' and might as well be completely fabricated.

 

[Santaman]

Gene tech has been done for ages on plants, potatoes, corn, wheat, you name it and it's been tinkered with, genetically modified soy anyone?
Same with dogs, not really pretty like bulldogs etc being messed up so much they hardly have a life anymore.

 

[publiusr]

You breed an animal with a flat face and it is going to have breathing problems.

It looks like octopi and us humans have something in common:
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-octopus-brain-human-genes.html

AI and synthetic biology
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-07-ai-wise-synthetic-biology.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-artificial-intelligence-rna-molecules.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-human-cellular-entire-brain-reveal.amp
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas...histicated imaging,census atlas of a specific
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scientists-generate-single-cell-atlas-primate.amp
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DNA typewriter
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-dna-typewriter-messages-cells.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-scientists-method-device-isolate-cells.html

RNA in galaxy core
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-blocks-rna-based-life-abound-center.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-prospecting-interstellar-oil.html

what's coming
https://bigthink.com/13-8/synthetic-biology-cure-kill-power/
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-advance-crispr-technology-replicate-human.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-probiotic-als.html

The Mark of Cain
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-life-began-prey.html

We are still evolving
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-humans-evolve-tracks-emergence-genes.html
Modern humans evolutionarily split from our chimpanzee ancestors nearly 7 million years ago, yet we are continuing to evolve. 155 new genes have been identified within the human lineage that spontaneously arose from tiny sections of our DNA.