{"id":71492,"date":"2017-08-02T13:42:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T20:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/expert-warns-cancer-moonshot-could-open-the-door-to-dna-bioweapons"},"modified":"2017-08-04T09:36:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T16:36:31","slug":"expert-warns-cancer-moonshot-could-open-the-door-to-dna-bioweapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/expert-warns-cancer-moonshot-could-open-the-door-to-dna-bioweapons","title":{"rendered":"Expert warns \u2018cancer moonshot\u2019 could open the door to DNA bioweapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><video width=\"636\" height=\"358\" controls><source src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/expert-warns-cancer-moonshot-could-open-the-door-to-dna-bioweapons.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Scientists around the world have long been searching for a cure for <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/cancer\/index.html\">cancer<\/a>, and recent advancements in technology coupled with rigorous new efforts such as Joe Biden\u2019s \u2018cancer moonshot\u2019 have ignited hopes that it could soon become a reality.<\/p>\n<p>But, experts warn that such a breakthrough, despite its obvious benefits, could have unexpected global consequences.<\/p>\n<p>According to Intel\u2019s chief medical officer John Sotos, effectively fighting cancer will require the use of ultra-precise DNA-altering technology \u2013 and the same approach could be used to overcome the challenges standing in the way of bioweapons.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-4750886\/Cancer-moonshot-open-door-DNA-bioweapons.html\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-4750886\/Cance...apons.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists around the world have long been searching for a cure for cancer, and recent advancements in technology coupled with rigorous new efforts such as Joe Biden\u2019s \u2018cancer moonshot\u2019 have ignited hopes that it could soon become a reality. But, experts warn that such a breakthrough, despite its obvious benefits, could have unexpected global consequences. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":440,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/440"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71492"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71684,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71492\/revisions\/71684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}