The U.S intelligence agency is concerned about at-home genetic hobbyists. New discoveries and the personnel who know how to use and design them “move easily in the globalized economy,” the report noted. Regalado wrote that “scientists have previously speculated about whether crispr could be used to make ‘killer mosquitoes,’ plagues that wipe out staple crops, or even a virus that snips at people’s dna.” Some have even speculated that an assassination of a world leader could be accomplished by using a genetically modified disease made just for that one person.
“The intelligence assessment drew specific attention to the possibility of using crispr to edit the dna of human embryos to produce genetic changes in the next generation of people—for example, to remove disease risks,” wrote Regalado. Although his article didn’t describe what else could be done by making dna changes to the next generation, U.S. officials are sure to be concerned about the potential for the creation of a genetically modified supersoldier, or superarmy.
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