SCIENCE: JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD

First we had the world's first "test tube baby."

Then we developed cloning. A least with animals, such as Dolly the sheep.

Now, genetically modified food and seeds:

The genetic engineering of plants and animals is looming as one of the greatest and most intractable environmental challenges of the 21st Century. Currently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is genetically engineered (GE), as are 94% of soybeans and 94% of cotton (cottonseed oil is often used in food products). It has been estimated that upwards of 75% of processed foods on supermarket shelves – from soda to soup, crackers to condiments – contain genetically engineered ingredients.

By removing the genetic material from one organism and inserting it into the permanent genetic code of another, the biotech industry has created an astounding number of organisms that are not produced by nature and have never been seen on the plate. These include potatoes with bacteria genes, "super pigs" with human growth genes, fish with cattle growth genes, tomatoes with flounder genes, corn with bacteria genes, and thousands of other altered and engineered plants, animals and insects. These creations are now being patented and released into our environment and our food supply at an alarming rate.

We also have the ability to genetically modifying human embryos.

But now things are getting really "crispy:"

CRISPR - Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. CRISPR is a genome editing tool that is creating a buzz in the science world. It is faster, cheaper and more accurate than previous techniques of editing DNA and has a wide range of potential applications. CRISPR-Cas9 is a genome editing tool that is creating a buzz in the science world. It is faster, cheaper and more accurate than previous techniques of editing DNA and has a wide range of potential applications. In layman's terms: we now have the power to quickly and easily alter DNA. It could eliminate disease. It could solve hunger. It could provide unlimited clean energy. Or it could get completely out of hand. From historical hindsight, I tend to favor the latter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR

http://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-crispr-the-new-tool-1702114381

http://www.yourgenome.org/facts/what-is-crispr-cas9

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/03/scientists-have-eliminated-hiv-in-mice-using-crispr/

https://www.neb.com/tools-and-resources/feature-articles/crispr-cas9-and-targeted-genome-editing-a-new-era-in-molecular-biology