/sci/ - Science & Math

They've made a wide range of glowing animals over the years. The only barrier to doing it on humans is ethics.

>>4883294
and also the fact that they;' look like on of those fucking faggot vampires from twilight.

shoulda do this to all them niggers, i aint kiddin about this shit, they keep stealin mah tvs

>mfw Ameritarded Christians ban such research because LOOSIFAAH GENE AWWW HEELLL NAWW

Yes, it's entirely doable. No one will do it if they are accountable to traditional funding sources, or care about repercussions on their career.

The first genetic engineering of humans will be to cure debilitating genetic diseases. That's the only way to make the first instances of it palatable to the public. Frivolous shit like making little Johnny glow is unethical. It harms the kid (by making him a freak that can't integrate into human society effectively). Yeah, it's the fault of cruel and ignorant people, but it would happen.

>>4883300

Genetically modifying someone so they fucking glow is a blatant human rights violation.

>>4883300
Oh holy shit, this would actually happen.

>>4883305
no it isnt, what if they choose it?
some fucker obviously would, it'd make them famous to be the first glowie

>>4883300

Doubt it - even with our fanatical religious zealots, we've still managed to out-science the rest of the world put together

I must find a way to secretly implant this gene into my future kid

>>4883308

They cant choose with current technology, as OP stated its done on a zygote.

And even if they were an adult, it permanently alters the genes of all of that persons kids and his kids kids, and essentially adds foreign genes into the entire human gene pool.

>>4883309
This goes way beyond the child abuse of naming your kid something that guarantees he will be murdered by sixth graders.

>>4883313
You could just not alter gamete-producing cells. If you're going to alter the cells of an adult, do you really need ALL of them to glow?

What would be the utility of having such a human being?

>>4883313
>essentially adds foreign genes into the entire human gene pool.

so does sleeping with niggers

>>4883326
we do it to enemy soldiers to make life easier for our snipers

>>4883326
Exploring what can and can't be (has or has not been) done. Are you okay with the knowledge that there has never been a genetically modified glowing human being, when there might be able to be?

>>4883349

If you already know who your enemies are, that would be a waste of time.

>>4883351
The exact same argument applies equally well to every kind of mutilation imaginable.

Are you okay with the knowledge that there has never been a genetically modified faceless human being, when there might be able to be?

>>4883351

If there is no benefit in having a glowing human, then I'm fine with not having a glowing human.

>>4883353
heheh, yeah
to be honest, theres probably no practical use for this.

>>4883326
Science isn't about why; it's about why not.

And here's why not: all the deformed and dead babies inevitably created on accident while trying to create this glowing human.

Are there actually people in here seriously proposing that we NOT make a glowing human?

>>4883378
I don't see the point of letting a glowing human grow to term. We can know if the gene is expressed while it's still an embryo, the person who had to grow up with it would live a hard life and it just seems pointless.

they've done it with chimps already

It is highly unethical to do it on a human when they're a fetus. Unless you're a corrupt scientist, ethics and morality should always be a factor.