{"id":1423,"date":"2016-02-25T17:59:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T17:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladam.info\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2018-12-12T06:12:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T06:12:34","slug":"dni-genome-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladam.info\/index.php\/2016\/02\/25\/dni-genome-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Genome Editing listed as a WMD threat by DNI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 13\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote><p>Research in genome editing conducted by countries with different regulatory or ethical standards than those of Western countries probably increases the risk of the creation of potentially harmful biological agents or products. Given the broad distribution, low cost, and accelerated pace of development of this dual-use technology, its deliberate or unintentional misuse might lead to far-reaching economic and national security implications. Advances in genome editing in 2015 have compelled groups of high-profile US and European biologists to question unregulated editing of the human germline (cells that are relevant for reproduction), which might create inheritable genetic changes. Nevertheless, researchers will probably continue to encounter challenges to achieve the desired outcome of their genome modifications, in part because of the technical limitations that are inherent in available genome editing systems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\nWorldwide Threat Assessment of the\u00a0US Intelligence Community 2016 (Clapper, Director of National Intelligence) at\u00a0http:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/documents\/SASC_Unclassified_2016_ATA_SFR_FINAL.pdf\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Piers Millet, an expert on bioweapons at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., says Clapper\u2019s singling out of gene editing on the WMD list was \u201ca surprise,\u201d since making a bioweapon\u2014say, an extra-virulent form of anthrax\u2014still requires mastery of a \u201cwide raft of technologies.\u201d<br \/>\nDevelopment of bioweapons is banned by the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, a Cold War\u2013era treaty that outlawed biological warfare programs. The U.S., China, Russia, and 172 other countries have signed it. Millet says that experts who met in Warsaw last September to discuss the treaty felt a threat from terrorist groups was still remote, given the complexity of producing a bioweapon. Millet says the group concluded that \u201cfor the foreseeable future, such applications are only within the grasp of states.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/600774\/top-us-intelligence-official-calls-gene-editing-a-wmd-threat\/#\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research in genome editing conducted by countries with different regulatory or ethical standards than those of Western countries probably increases the risk of the creation of potentially harmful biological agents or products. 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