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Developers of artificial micro-humans, or 'mini GM humans,' are hoping to release their technology on the market by 2017.
No this isn't a sci-fi joke. Scientists are developing artificial humans in the same vein as GM plants with the hope that these creations will replace the need for using animals in laboratory testing.
Artificial humans will be 'farmed' with interacting organs that can be used in drug tests, speeding up the process of FDA and other government regulatory approvals, and supposedly without damaging rats or other animals currently used in laboratories.
The GM humans will contain smartphone-sized microchips that will be programmed to replicate up to 10 major human organs.
Each GM human will be tiny - roughly the size of a microchip itself, simulating the response of humans to substances inhaled, absorbed in the blood, or exposed to in the intestinal tract.
Early versions comprising an artificial kidney, heart, lung or gut are already being used by the cosmetic industry and to observe the use of chemical drugs on non-GMO humans.
The Times of India reported that researchers said this could replace up to 90 million animals each year in labs.
Uwe Marx, a tissue engineer from Technische Universitat Berlin and founder of TissUse, a firm developing the technology said:
Currently, this type of technology is already used on artificial organs like hearts and livers, but the results must be verified on a 'live' being - animals in a lab, for instance, to prove that substances are safe when interacting with a living being with real organs.
The problem with current testing, and obviously this proposed 'solution,' is that artificial organs, like animals, won't respond the same way as a human body.
We have already observed unforeseen side effects during human trials after animal trials that are far from 'safe' - GM crops are a perfect example of this phenomenon.
Organs cannot be divided into 'fake' computerized components. They interact with one another, the endocrine system, the brain, the nervous system, environmental cues, emotions, and according to advanced research, even our energetic bodies.
This reminds me of how genetically modified humans are planned to be the next venture for biotechnology companies working with the United States military, with the admitted goal of producing a 'super soldier' that does not require food or sleep to perform Olympic-style physical feats.
The genetically modified humans, or 'super soldiers', will even be able to regrow limbs that were destroyed by enemy fire and live off of their fat stores for extreme lengths of time.
You can read below more on GMO super-humans.
While the new GM human farms seem great on paper, since eliminating animal testing is indeed noble, they do not address possible far-reaching, negative ramifications for trying to re-create the complexities of Mother Nature's form.
It seems the pharmaceutical industry and biotech don't learn from their mistakes at all.
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Genetically Modified Humans Won't Need Food, Sleep -
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The next frontier of genetic modification is not centered around a certain fruit or vegetable, but humans. More specifically, military personnel.
Genetically modified humans is the next venture for biotechnology companies working with the United States military, with the admitted goal of producing a 'super soldier' that does not require food or sleep to perform Olympic-style physical feats.
The genetically modified humans, or 'super soldiers', will even be able to regrow limbs that were destroyed by enemy fire and live off of their fat stores for extreme lengths of time.
Backed by $2 billion a year in funding, the Pentagon's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently unleashed the news after years of secret experimentation and study.
The organization did not say whether or not genetically modified humans currently exist to such an extent, however it is known based on previous reports that human chimeras have already been created outside of the public spotlight.
Such scientific experiments have drawn fire from scientists and activists alike, who are demanding for laws to forbid the creation of 'monsters'.
As of right now, DARPA has a functioning exoskeleton that enables soldiers to run far faster and handle heavy weights. This is but a step in the direct of full modification of the genetic coding of soldiers.
DARPA, of course, has earned the nickname of the 'mad scientist' wing for its rampant experiments in modifying life and fusing biology and technology. In working with killer drones, DARPA earlier this year was developing research into contact lens-mounted displays that could transport information from drones into the eyeballs of soldiers.
Furthermore, the agency is also developing helmets in which the soldiers could communicate 'telepathically' with the kill drones.
The announcement ties in with the 2045 project, which I've covered in the past. The project offers 'immortality' to the wealthy elite who financially back it, and touts artificial bodies and brains for humans to achieve 'immortality'.
This entire system, of course, ties into a larger 'singularity' project as outlined by the creator of the 2045 plan and others like Ray Kurzweil.
In a nut shell, 'consciousness singularity' can be defined by a merging of all 'transhuman' bodies into one 'hive mind' of sorts. Likely a massive super computer of some sorts that has full control over the minds of those 'hooked in'.
It truly sounds insane, yet it is plainly stated out in the open. A number of issues arise from this singularity plan (not to even mention the fact that 'soldiers' are slowly becoming more of DARPA creations than human), such as the serious threat to humanity's very integrity.
We've seen the many issues regarding traditional GMOs on public health and the environment, now what about human modification?
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