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"Cease & Desist" has not worked:
Despite a warning from the federal government about do-it-yourself gene therapy, two companies say they'll continue offering DNA-altering materials to the public.
The companies, The Odin and Ascendance Biomedical, both recently posted videos online of people self-administering DNA molecules their labs had produced.
Following wide distribution of the videos, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week issued a harshly worded statement cautioning consumers against DIY gene-therapy kits and calling their sale illegal. "The sale of these products is against the law. FDA is concerned about the safety risks involved," the agency said.
Does the Executive Branch want the market to decide, or not?
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Monday December 04 2017, @04:08PM
Bioengineering is too important to be left solely in the hands of big pharmaceutical companies.
Odin is selling pieces of what people would need to experiment themselves. It is not selling a drug or ready-to-use therapy.
http://www.the-odin.com/human-myostatin-knock-out-targeting-crispr-cas9-plasmid/ [the-odin.com]
It should not be illegal to sell what they are selling, or use what they are selling to attempt to experiment on yourself.
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