• rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 days ago

    No, none of those guys are involved afaik. The one that made the first breakthrough in artificial life is ran by the same dude who competed with the Human Genome Project to map 99% of the human genome. They modified an extremely simple bacteria that only had something like 300 base pairs

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      11 days ago

      We still don’t know what type of person they are. Them being smart and focused on the research, doesn’t give them a pass. They could even not care who else has the info.