Scientists Control Human DNA with Electricity

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Scientists Control Human DNA with Electricity in 'Leap Forward', Study Reports
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Researchers used electric stimulation to switch on exact genes involved in regulating insulin. Blood glucose concentrations of model mice returned to normal.

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How is that worse than the huge amount of money they have to pay for insulin now?

The current set up is wrong, without any doubt. Giving a remote agent direct access to control your biological functions is more wrong. :)

They can switch to a continuously charging “usage” based model for insulin, the same way GPU time is rented out now.

any big Pharma people here. I’m available for hire btw ;)