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Längst sind die Erkenntnisse der Gentechnologie und die Methoden der Gentechnik in der Gesellschaft angekommen. Biohacker, die man auch einfach als Bürgerwissenschaftler bezeichnen kann, versuchen Bio- und Gentechnik von kommerziellen und öffentlichen Laboren in ihre Heimwerkstätten zu verlegen. Die Experimente reichen von diagnostischen Untersuchungen bis hin zur privaten Gentherapie. Auch Dienstleister für Genomanalysen und Ahnenforschung auf Basis einer Speicherprobe erfreuen sich einer zunehmenden Kundschaft. Die Abstimmung des Fitnessprogramms auf das vorhandene genetische Potential ist ebenso hoch im Kurs. Transhumanisten hoffen gar auf den großen Wurf zur Vervollkommnung unserer Spezies. Ganz professionell und kommerziell versucht die Industrie aus den Zusammenhängen zwischen Erbgut und Erscheinungsbild Profit zu schlagen. Aufwendige Zulassungsverfahren lassen kaum Platz für kleine Firmen, stattdessen beherrschen wenige Große den Weltmarkt. Und so werden neue Sorten, Rassen und Arten geschaffen, während ursprüngliche Organismen aussterben und die Genosphäre gefährdet ist.

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Wünschiers, R. (2019). Gene und Gesellschaft. In: Generation Gen-Schere . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59048-5_7

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