Posted: 8/23/2019
“A new approach to pain eradication mimics [a] mutation and has been demonstrated in lab mice. Startup Navega Therapeutics plans to develop a CRISPR treatment to block severe pain caused by diabetes, cancer, or car accidents ... The first tests of CRISPR gene therapies on humans began only recently, and it’s a huge gamble. Removing people’s ability to feel pain comes with some big risks
Super soldiers: The studies are likely to be closely followed by the military. In 2017 Vladmit Putin said genetic engineering could create soldiers who feel no pain or fear, which could be “scarier than a nuclear bomb.
A rare case: A young Pakistani street performer [who walked on hot coal] died in 2006 after someone dared him to jump from a roof. ... He had a rare genetic disorder which meant he never felt pain. He had a mutation which disabled the SCN9A gene, which pays a key part in transmitting pain to the brain.
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If you add to this robots or autonomous fighter planes and drones or the proliferation of nuclear or biological weapons, you have a major paradigm shift in military strategy and warfare.
The world will only be a safer place once all the belligerent authoritarian regimes or dictatorships of the world are defeated or replaced by human dignity and individual freedom respecting forms of government! Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom and peace on earth!
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