Biohackers are altering their DNA and no one can stop it...

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GENE editing is entering the mainstream. CRISPR, a cheap and easy technique for making precise changes to DNA, has got researchers around the world racing to trial its use in treating a host of human diseases. But this race is not confined to the lab. Last month, Josiah Zayner, a biochemist who once worked for NASA, became the first person known to have edited his own genes with CRISPR.

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Zayner’s experiment was intended to boost his strength by removing the gene for myostatin, which regulates muscle growth. A similar experiment in 2015 showed that this works in beagles whose genomes were edited at the embryo stage. He injected himself with the CRISPR system to remove the gene.

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Is this how the Zombie Apocalypse starts?


What gene would you alter if you had the choice?

ETA: Link to Zayner's company, The-ODIN, where you can buy a startup kit to manipulate your own DNA.

The ODIN Project