Wissenschaftler haben die Gen-Bearbeitung verwendet, um künstliche elektrische Synapsen bei Mäusen herzustellen, wobei sie angestrebt werden können, um die Tiere geselliger zu machen oder ihr Risiko für OCD-ähnliche Symptome zu verringern.

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This is a lab result on mice, so likely still years away from treatments available to humans.

Still, here’s a thought to ponder. If gene editing treatments to make people smarter, kinder, and more sociable were widely available, do you think some people would feel threatened ?

Those traits and others correlate with political persuasions. Some people might argue that the population being smarter, kinder, and more sociable is worse for society, in order to protect their political power base.