Reports from China confirm that local scientists are still trying to break through the barriers with Frankenstein-like genetic experiments to manipulate human DNA. Their latest experiment, in which cells resistant to nuclear radiation were implanted in the human body, was carried out by the inspectors “Totally Legal” qualified.
I wonder where all the laboratory experiments of the Chinese that cross borders will lead?
The project was first published in the Chinese-language journal Military Medical Sciences were introduced, and since then it has been attracting more and more media attention and interest in the scientific community. The experiments raise serious ethical questions. The supervisors, on the other hand, classified the scientists’ gene manipulation activities as “completely legal”.
According to the details, military scientists claim that “they successfully inserted a gene from the microscopic water bear into human embryonic stem cells and thereby significantly increased the resistance of these cells to radiation”.
“The success of the experiment might lead to super-tough soldiers that might withstand nuclear radiation.”
During the testing, one of the key genes from the water bear was experimentally inserted into human DNA (using embryonic cells). The gene in question gives the microscopic organism a rare resistance to radiation and other extreme environmental effects.
The cells used for the experiment are practically immortal
Scientists have long believed that walruses, also known as tardigrades, may harbor genetic secrets that may one day may be crucial to human survival and longevity point of view. The eight-legged, tiny animal smaller than 1 millimeter as follows was written down:
“Tardigrades are tiny, cute and practically indestructible. Microscopic animals can survive in a pot of hot water, at the bottom of a deep-sea trench, or even in the cold, dark vacuum of space. In August, an Israeli spacecraft carrying tardigrades crashed on the moon as part of a scientific experiment, and scientists believe the little water bears may have survived.”
“The tiny animals are found all over the world, from frozen Antarctic glaciers to active lava fields. Most often they live in moss. Most water bears eat algae and flowering plants, drilling through plant cells and sucking out their contents through their tubular mouths. However, some are carnivores and will eat other tardigrades as well.”
After isolating the water bear gene in question—which is unique in its ability to produce shield-like proteins that can protect once morest radiation and other harms—the Chinese team said that “they found a way to introduce this gene into the human body”. They are able to do this with the help of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool, which “nowadays it is available in most biological laboratories” can be read in the SCMP description of the experiment.
“In their laboratory experiment, according to the team led by Professor Yue Wen, a human embryo carrying the water bear gene nearly 90 percent of cells survived exposure to lethal X-rays” the report continues.
Gene mutation can be very dangerous
However, the team admits there are some significant ones “unknown factor”. Introduction of a foreign gene from the water bear into human embryonic cells it can lead to harmful mutations or even kill cells because of the genetic difference between the two species, which Yue’s team was aware of in their study.
“Shield proteins occur only in water bears. The immune response following cross-species intervention is unknown and may lead to some safety issues” – wrote the Chinese researchers.
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