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Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first (www.nature.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I agree this is amazing and huge, but for my own sanity, what stops someone from engineering cells that do bad?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Ethics.

Which is to say not a lot.

But it’s not really a practical attack vector, if you’re worried about weaponisation. Simpler to just dump VX into the air.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That do bad in which way? Cells tend to die pretty quickly if you don't look after them properly. Which costs a shit ton of money depending on the type of cell. So not the best weapon overall