They invoke the parallel to the Asilomar Conference that banned recombinant DNA research, a ban that despite the huge incentives still effectively stands to this day.
Recombinant DNA research isn’t banned – I’ve been doing it just today, actually. However, it needs to be approved by a biosafety committee (which at my university basically OK’s everything that isn’t straight-up insane, although it takes a month or so to get approval).
Recombinant DNA research isn’t banned – I’ve been doing it just today, actually. However, it needs to be approved by a biosafety committee (which at my university basically OK’s everything that isn’t straight-up insane, although it takes a month or so to get approval).