In a report published in the San Francisco Chronicle last week (January 3), Heinz said there would need to be some ethical checks to make sure nothing “bad” is created, but that oversight should not come from the government. “We wouldn’t want the industry to be regulated. So, ‘How do we democratize creation without killing everyone?’ is basically the question.”
Marcy Darnovsky, executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society, told the Chronicle that Heinz’s goals of modifying humans should be taken seriously. “I think that technical project is far more complicated than they acknowledge. Nonetheless, their story about what we should be striving for as human beings, as a society, I think is very troubling.”
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