When Science Goes Too Far

[drfate786 1690]

 

Regenerative medicine over the years has begun to step fine lines, one of these fine lines is the possibility of manipulating DNA to produce a virus-like enzyme that can enter cells and force reactions. We see this in Viruses, when a virus infects a host it will find a suitable cell and inject it with it's own RNA/DNA, once injected the virus assimilates the DNA and turns that DNA into more viruses. The Viruses then break free from the cell and infect more cells. The immune system will then trigger an immune response and kill the virus through the use of white blood cells. What's scary is this:

 

What if, scientists somehow created an enzyme or virus made of human DNA that could enter a cell and replace damaged DNA. This would obviously reverse aging and allow for wounds to heal much faster, it wouldn't lead to any zombies or biological horrors but we don't know mother nature and what she could do to fight back.

 

Furthermore, cloning is now 100% plausible. Yeah, we are able to create perfect clones of people and all it takes is twice the dose of the person's DNA into an empty "egg". This requires a female host but from what I heard they've developed an embryonic fluid. If true, they can literally clone people in vats of embryonic fluid. What's scary AF about this is pretty simple, if I can clone you a thousand times, what are you really worth to me? If I can create an army of clone slaves entirely from Tythus's DNA then what use is the original copy? It puts a slim value on human life and defiles the very way nature works. After all, why hire a workforce of normal humans when you can have a slave army of clones to do all the work for you! Oh and don't worry about resistance! We will give them mind control chips and obesity.

 

Here comes the scariest, bionics...

 

We've seen the rise of bionic hands and feet, scientists have spent years developing what can be considered cyborg technology. While this would be a miracle we also have to consider what this means in terms of human life, if someone's limb can be replaced with a better limb then what is a real limb really worth?

 

[GloriaPreussens 798]

What the **** are you on about

[Birdnerdy 1539]

remove nexus?

[Taketheshot 3834]

I completely agree the lag sucks.

[KeatonUnbeaten 1103]

all i heard was 

'yo legs n arms n **** arent real its all just a coverup'

[drfate786 1690]

Just now, Teegah said:

aging and wounds like cuts don't cause dna to get damaged

cloning is banned like everywhere

only real limbs can get super strong

 

Wrong, wrong and wrong.

 

The older someone is the longer it takes for wounds like cuts to heal, the reasons for this are very complicated but aging is a wound itself, you're entire body gets wounded from it.

 

Cloning isn't banned in every country, North Korea and a few other countries have never banned it.

 

A metal limb made of a titanium alloy with hydraulics included could snap your arm in half.

[Taketheshot 3834]

6 minutes ago, drfate786 said:

 

Wrong, wrong and wrong.

 

The older someone is the longer it takes for wounds like cuts to heal, the reasons for this are very complicated but aging is a wound itself, you're entire body gets wounded from it.

 

Cloning isn't banned in every country, North Korea and a few other countries have never banned it.

 

A metal limb made of a titanium alloy with hydraulics included could snap your arm in half.

The countries that haven't banned it dont have the capability to do it. The WHO sometimes gives out permits for limited cloning in an experiment but the ethical guidelines are insane. Yes in theory we can clone humans. But the fact is that we know jack **** about cloning in the grand scheme of things. For one successful relatively normal human clone you would have hundreds of mutilated and mutated humans that can barely survive. When we clone animals the ones that are damaged per say are destroyed. We cant do that with living people.

[drfate786 1690]

Just now, Teegah said:

that's not because of damaged dna that's because as you grow older your blood vessels contract and become narrower which means less white blood cells can respond to the wound than in young people

 

there's a bunch of ethical **** behind cloning which is why it doesn't happen yet

 

 

You're so desperate to be correct that you just proved me right.

[Birdnerdy 1539]

Just now, drfate786 said:

 

You're so desperate to be correct that you just proved me right.

no....

[drfate786 1690]

 

11 minutes ago, Taketheshot said:

The countries that haven't banned it dont have the capability to do it. The WHO sometimes gives out permits for limited cloning in an experiment but the ethical guidelines are insane. Yes in theory we can clone humans. But the fact is that we know jack **** about cloning in the grand scheme of things. For one successful relatively normal human clone you would have hundreds of mutilated and mutated humans that can barely survive. When we clone animals the ones that are damaged per say are destroyed. We cant do that with living people.

 

Wrong, many countries are capable of it and cloning IS being done. Just not in the way you think, It is possible to insert two times the number of chromosomes to produce a fetus that is an exact replica of it's host. So if I took two of your sperm cells and incubated them in a blank ovary to produce a zygote that zygote would be a near perfect duplicate of your chromosomes, the resulting baby/fetus would have to be incubated inside a woman and once born would look a lot like you with a few minor mutations.

 

This is already being done in the USA for couples that are unable to produce babies, one example of this is seen in women that miscarry sometimes or even in gay couples. It serves the purpose of weeding out genetic diseases that are becoming more and more common.

 

Edit:

 

I will also add that some scientists are trying to clone mammoths with this tactic:

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/woolly-mammoth-cloning-attempt-revives-ethical-debate-1.2867654

 

[Elvrohir Aureon 210]

Hi there. Computer Engineering major here, and bionics is actually what I plan on going into as a career path.

 

Just want to point out that any 'scary' sort of bionics are a long way off. One of the harder parts of creating artificial limbs is combining dexterity and strength. Tougher limbs, like prosthetic legs, are generally less maneuverable. And recently, semi-controllable hands with moving fingers are being made, but they really aren't that strong.

 

Now of course, I'm only speaking about versions that are available to the public, I do not know what sort of experiments are being done in government labs, and frankly, you don't either.

[GloriaPreussens 798]

Sometimes I wonder if you're just a really successful troll, or you believe the things you say.

[GodEmperorFlam 3447]

Just now, XHipsterAtheistX said:

Sometimes I wonder if you're just a really successful troll, or you believe the things you say.

 

Or both.

  

[Gridlock 1033]

Science killed my parents when I was a kid and now I have sworn to kill Science!!! - Drfate January 3rd 2012

[Vesalian 62]

That's pretty edgy.