{"id":91977,"date":"2019-06-12T14:42:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/this-harvard-prof-is-listing-genes-that-could-make-you-superhuman"},"modified":"2019-06-12T14:42:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:42:24","slug":"this-harvard-prof-is-listing-genes-that-could-make-you-superhuman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/this-harvard-prof-is-listing-genes-that-could-make-you-superhuman","title":{"rendered":"This Harvard Prof Is Listing Genes That Could Make You Superhuman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/this-harvard-prof-is-listing-genes-that-could-make-you-superhuman2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harvard geneticist George Church, famous for his plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/4-we-could-see-woolly-mammoths-resurrected-within-two-years\">resurrect the woolly mammoth<\/a>, has been assembling a list of genetic mutations and alterations that could give people longer lives and superhuman powers.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/arep.med.harvard.edu\/gmc\/protect.html\">spreadsheet<\/a>, which reads like a mad scientist\u2019s field notes, lists the known pros and cons of each gene. For instance, a specific mutation to the <em>LRP5<\/em> gene would give you extra-strong bones \u2014 but also make you less buoyant in water. Other edits could give subjects resistance to radiation or incredible skills at holding their breath underwater.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, the spreadsheet serves as a glimpse into the sort of changes we may expect once <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/scientists-condemn-crispr-baby-experiment\">human gene-hacking<\/a> becomes safer and more common.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/harvard-list-genes-superhuman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard geneticist George Church, famous for his plan to resurrect the woolly mammoth, has been assembling a list of genetic mutations and alterations that could give people longer lives and superhuman powers. The spreadsheet, which reads like a mad scientist\u2019s field notes, lists the known pros and cons of each gene. For instance, a specific [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91977","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\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}