#genetic-engineering

#genetic-engineering

"I think there's going to be a lot of breakthroughs on the medical side, particularly around synthetic mRNA," Musk says in the video. "You can basically do anything with synthetic mRNA - DNA. It's like a computer program. "With effort that's not too crazy, you can probably stop ageing - reverse it, if you want. You can turn someone into a fricking butterfly, if you want, with the right DNA sequence. So... I mean, caterpillars do it."

Scientists have devised a food supplement for bees that they say will have a wide-reaching effect on global food security. The experts say the yeast strain will help honeybees live longer as intensive farming and the climate crisis rob the insects of flowers and pollen. It is hoped the breakthrough will stem the decline in populations of wild bees, which are important pollinators. They help contribute to the production of at least 70 per cent of major global crops such as almonds, apples and cherries.

Eight babies have been born free of a disease linked to mitochondrial mutations thanks to mitochondrial transfer technology, despite some countries banning such procedures.

If anything, it may have tapped into them a little too well. Splice is brilliant in its barrage of discomfort, rarely allowing its viewers a bit of respite.

"The idea is now hovering before me that man himself can act as a creator, even in living nature." - Jacques Loeb.