Could there be a coverup in genetic engineering where people who have discovered the ability to fight disease and greatly lengthen their lifespan are enjoying these benefits without letting become available to the public?
2006-08-23 08:26:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
there is a cover up for almost everything. There is so much that we will never know about until it's too far out of control to stop.
2006-08-23 08:28:44 · answer #1 · answered by Amy A 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. Every time there is some claim that this has happened we find that it was either a mistake or a fraud. For example, the claim that a human was cloned by Korean scientists turned out to be a fabrication....even though the Korean scientist had been successful in cloning the dog "snuppy" from cells isolated from his parent.
The tools (i.e. reagents, equipment, personnel and space) needed to do genetic engineering experiments are very expensive and only universities, research institutes and medical centers supported by public dollars can afford to do this kind of research. In addition to having to convince the institution and the funding agency of one's competence and integrity, a prospective "genetic engineering" scientist must also convince an institutional biosafety committee (IBC) and other similar review committees of the safety and feasibility of the project before they can begin. These oversight committees and agencies also pay visits to the scientist's laboratory and inspect his procedures and accomplishments.
Additional levels of oversight are applied if the experiments involve use of genetically engineered vectors in humans. This oversight is expected to be exceedingly rigorous, especially because the first IRB approved attempts to "cure" genetic diseases in humans by introducing recombinant genes have had disastrous results in several cases.
This is only a small part of the network of oversight but from what I have presented you can see that it would be exceedingly difficult for anything like you to happen. Only in novels, movies and television can one see this primal fear presented.
2006-08-23 15:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by Art 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The popular media are probably about two years behind the cutting edge of academic research. The delay is due to the scientific "peer review" which goes on before papers hit the science journals.
In the business world, breakthroughs are routinely not publicized until a developed product can be put on the market. This is "trade secret protection."
There's no big coverup conspiracy as you're suggesting.
2006-08-23 15:40:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not very likely. The scientific literature is very open, and the leaders in the field are well-recognized by their peers. The charlatans in the field are also well-recognized.
2006-08-23 15:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not curing the disease they are only replacing them selves with other clones even with bad injuries I have inflicted upon them years later to find a gathering of them with multiple injuries.
2006-08-23 15:33:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'll just address the question. Not with the general I.Q.'s I've been running into.
2006-08-23 15:29:00 · answer #6 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes!
and there are natural cures/remedies that will put you into permanent remission. the pharmaceutical companies won't admit this because they can't patent something natural...only synthetic. It's all about profit.
2006-08-23 15:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sure, i just don't know how far beyond
2006-08-23 15:29:33 · answer #8 · answered by D.J. 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋