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Re:Japanese scientists race to create human eggs and sperm i... by vsareto on Thursday September 28, 2023 @02:26PM (#37693611)
>Also, what if, they engineer these "artificial" humans to die preciesly when they reach a particular age?

Pretty much a science fantasy, but what stops the population from engineering it back?

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Re:Japanese scientists race to create human eggs and sperm i... by masklinn on Thursday September 28, 2023 @02:32PM (#37693706)
What stops the population from engineering fertility back in gmo seeds?
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Re:Japanese scientists race to create human eggs and sperm i... by justrealist on Thursday September 28, 2023 @02:40PM (#37693810)
GMO crops do not have terminator genes. Enforcement is via license, not biology. They aren't sterile (but 2nd generation crops often are less useful because it produces sibling crosses which lose the targeted benefits).
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