by War

The stakes here are high. Any company that wants to work with anything other than microbes will have to license Zhang's patent; royalties could be worth billions of dollars, and the resulting products could be worth billions more.

In an odd reversal, it’s the scientists who are showing more fear than the civilians. When I ask Church for his most nightmarish Crispr scenario, he mutters something about weapons and then stops short.

Although it is all far off from reality still I found the article to be really interesting, especially the part mentioning things like ethics with genome engineering and embryo engineering. What are your thoughts on genetic engineer and its future?