From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat May 25 2002 - 12:17:47 MDT
On Saturday, May 25, 2002, at 01:05 pm, Smigrodzki, Rafal wrote:
>
> H arvey Newstrom [mailto:mail@HarveyNewstrom.com]arvey Newstrom
> [mailto:mail@HarveyNewstrom.com] wrote:
>
> No offense, but I think you over-estimate our current abilities. We are
> just mapping the genome now. We do not have the ability to turn genes
> on and off, much less totally re-engineer the entire genome to control
> what results from a DNA strand. I would be greatly interested in any
> references that describe such an ability.
>
> ### A few years ago, headless frogs were produced
> (http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/gene8.html). Gene knock-outs are a
> routine technology and I have no doubt that we are already capable of
> making an anencephalic mammal.
>
That article itself says that this technique might be eventually applied
to humans. It seems to support my assertion that we do not have this
ability today.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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