Speaking to a CRISPR committee, US director of national intelligence, Piers Millet has described gene editing as a potential "weapon of mass destruction and proliferation" reflecting the U.S. government's concerns that its accessibility and low price may put the technique that is revolutionising biotechnology into the wrong hands. Given that the basic ingredients for Senate -based The report noted that new discoveries “move easily in the globalized economy, as do personnel with the scientific expertise to design and use them.” gene editing can be easily handled and purchased online for 60—seems , this fear doesn't seem so far fetched. Scientists have previously warned about the potential for 'killer mosquitoes', or the modification of diseases to make them more potent, as a risk of gene editing.
Speaking to a CRISPR committee, US director of national intelligence, Piers Millet has described gene editing as a potential "weapon of mass destruction and proliferation" reflecting the U.S. government's concerns that its accessibility and low price may put the technique that is revolutionising biotechnology into the wrong hands. Given that the basic ingredients for Senate -based gene editing can be easily handled and purchased online for 60—seems , this fear doesn't seem so far fetched. Scientists have previously warned about the potential for 'killer mosquitoes', or the modification of diseases to make them more potent, as a risk of gene editing.