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Darnovsky, the executive director of the Center for Genetics and
Society in Berkeley, California, expressed concerns about the Harvard
gathering, stating, “If these reports are accurate, the meeting
looks like a move to privatize the current conversation about
heritable genetic modification.” Hank
Greely, director of Stanford's Center for Law and Biosciences, stated
that Genomics is “in the middle of four revolutions: sequencing,
editing, synthesizing, and understanding.” He asserts that the
crucial question about the human genome is “what changes are made,
with what results?” With new production techniques, the cost of
assembling the entire human genome has fallen from $12 billion to $90
million. If cost reductions continue as projected, in only two
decades it might be as low as $100,000, making the concept of
“designer children” and “super soldiers” a realistic and
affordable possibility.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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