美国家情报总监转基因基因组编辑技术是大规模杀伤武器
詹姆斯·克拉珀,美国国家情报总监,星期二(2月9日)在美国情报界年度世界范围危险评估报告中,将“基因编辑”列入构成“大规模杀伤武器与扩散”的威胁清单。 Gene editing refers to several novel ways to alter the DNA inside living cells. The most popular method, CRISPR, has been revolutionizing scientific research, leading to novel animals and crops, and is likely to power a new generation of gene treatments for serious diseases (see “Everything You Need to Know About CRISPR’s Monster Year”). “基因编辑”系改变生物细胞内DNA的数种方法。其中最为普遍的CRISPR方法,已经革命化科学研究,导致新颖的动物与农作物,而且可能推动严重疾病新一代基因治疗(参看:你应当对CRISPR魔鬼年知道的一切)。
It is gene editing’s relative ease of use that worries the U.S. intelligence community, according to the assessment. “Given the broad distribution, low cost, and accelerated pace of development of this dual-use technology, its deliberate or unintentional misuse might lead to far-reaching economic and national security implications,” the report said. 依据美国情报界的年度世界范围危险评估报告,“基因组编辑”相对容易使用令美国情报界担心。“考虑到这种‘双用技术’广泛的传播、低成本,及其加速发展的速度,其故意的或无意的误用可能导致影响深远的经济和国家安全影响”,该报称。 The choice by the U.S. spy chief to call out gene editing as a potential weapon of mass destruction, or WMD, surprised some experts. It was the only biotechnology appearing in a tally of six more conventional threats, like North Korea’s suspected nuclear detonation on January 6, Syria’s undeclared chemical weapons, and new Russian cruise missiles that might violate an international treaty. 美国间谍首脑选择公开警告“基因编辑”是潜在大规模杀伤武器(WMD),令某些专家吃惊。这是生物技术出现六种更传统威胁清单的唯一与首先一次,它们包括北朝鲜1月6日令人质疑的核爆试验、叙利亚未公开的化学武器,以及可能违反一项国际协议的俄罗斯新型巡航导弹。 James Clapper, the U.S. director of national intelligence, oversees spying agencies with a combined budget of more than $50 billion. 詹姆斯·克拉珀,美国国家情报总监,监督海外间谍机构,掌管总额超过500亿美元的预算。 The report is an unclassified version of the “collective insights” of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and half a dozen other U.S. spy and fact-gathering operations. |
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