{"id":92264,"date":"2019-06-17T16:03:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T23:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/harvard-scientist-reveals-list-of-genes-and-their-corresponding-superhuman-abilities"},"modified":"2019-06-17T16:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T23:03:25","slug":"harvard-scientist-reveals-list-of-genes-and-their-corresponding-superhuman-abilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/harvard-scientist-reveals-list-of-genes-and-their-corresponding-superhuman-abilities","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Scientist Reveals List Of Genes And Their Corresponding Superhuman Abilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/harvard-scientist-reveals-list-of-genes-and-their-corresponding-superhuman-abilities2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Church is a Harvard scientist that is famed for his plan to bring the woolly mammoth back to life. This genius scientist has also been involved in another project and has been assembling a list of genetic mutations and alterations that could give people longer lives and superhuman powers. We could be on the brink of real-life superheroes!<\/p>\n<p>While some people may think this is just a passing thought, it really isn\u2019t. In fact, Church has even created a <a href=\"http:\/\/arep.med.harvard.edu\/gmc\/protect.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">spreadsheet<\/a> which lists the known pros and cons of each gene and what \u201csuperpower\u201d they would give. One example would be a specific mutation to the LRP5 gene, which would give the patient extra-strong bones. However, such a power would also decrease buoyancy in water. Other weird and wonderful changes could offer patients resistance to radiation or incredible skills at holding their breath underwater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Church is a Harvard scientist that is famed for his plan to bring the woolly mammoth back to life. This genius scientist has also been involved in another project and has been assembling a list of genetic mutations and alterations that could give people longer lives and superhuman powers. We could be on the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92264","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\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}