When I read an article about “Gene Editing The Next
Step for Evolution” by David Ewing Duncan, I remembered this verse in Holy
Quran: "Surely Allah is not ashamed to set forth a parable even of a
mosquito or anything above that;" below a video to see an example.
All human beings are born of one father and one
mother, as stated in the first verse of the chapter Women: "People! Fear
your Lord who created you from a single person, and it was his wife, who both
made abundance many men as well as women. "(Holy Quran - Women, 20);
Rapid advances in genetic engineering have opened the
door for small terrorism groups to tailor and easily turn biological viruses
into weapons.
Mr Gates tell an audience of international leaders and
senior officers that the world’s next deadly pandemic “could originate on the
computer screen of a terrorist”.
Traditional Bioethics, strictly forbade any
modifications to the human germline. There’s no yellow light.
“With nuclear weapons, you’d think you would probably
stop after killing 100million. "Smallpox– Currently only existing in
laboratory cultures" won’t stop. Because the population is naïve, and
there are no real preparations. That, if it got out and spread, would be a
larger number.”
The increasingly common use of gene editing technology
would make it difficult to spot any potential terrorist conspiracy.
Technologies which have made it easy to read DNA sequences and tinker with them
to rewrite or tweak genes have many legitimate uses.
Mr Gates said the potential death toll from a disease
outbreak could be higher than other threats such as climate change or nuclear
war.
He said: “This is like earthquakes, you should think
in order of magnitudes. If you can kill 10 people that’s a one, 100 people
that’s a two... Bioterrorism is the thing that can give you not just sixes, but
sevens, eights and nines.
“With nuclear war, once you have got a six, or a
seven, or eight, you’d think it would probably stop. [With bioterrorism] it’s
just unbounded if you are not there to stop the spread of it.”
By tailoring the genes of a virus, it would be
possible to manipulate its ability to spread and its ability to harm people.
The more recognised risk couldn’t be seen.
Being able to develop a vaccine as soon as possible
against a new outbreak is particularly important and could save huge numbers of
lives, scientists working at Mr Gates foundation believe.
It typically takes up to a decade to develop and
license a new vaccine. To halt a deadly airborne disease outbreak, that would
need to be cut to as little as 90 days.
The need to stop a disease epidemic is so important
that countries should prepare for it as they currently prepare for war,
complete with large exercises and drills.
He will tell his audience: “Getting ready for a global
pandemic is every bit as important as nuclear deterrence and avoiding a climate
catastrophe.”
Should this help to make clearly that Gene Editing
inforce the law of the creator & a disaster for Human so Keep natural and
stay away from GMO.
