The wildlife trade under scrutiny the Global Pandemic has led to a debate on what markets live animals are sold for food so should they be closed this is inside still. Hello welcome to the program. Scientists are still trying to confirm the exact source of the new corona virus sweeping across the world its believed the virus may have jumped from exotic animals to humans at a market in will hand china thats led to growing calls to ban markets astray as agriculture minister wants the worlds d 20 richest nations the g 20 to back a Scientific Study david little proud says these markets are a source of bio security and Human Health Risks and he says it would be wrong to ignore wildlife wet markets in any assessment of how we can better manage those risks scientist an Animal Welfare activists are worried about the close contact between humans and live animals in what markets theyre popular across asia and other parts of the world for fresh meat and vegetables most of them dont sell exotic sp
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For the first time, researchers here in the us have successfully changed the dna in human embryos. Scientists say it could prevent disease. Others worry it could be used for all the wrong reasons. Heres more from nbcs kristen dahlgren. Kristen dahlgren in a lab in oregon, as scientists fertilized human eggs, they also swapped out some dna, correcting defective genes that carry disease, proving it is possible to genetically modify human embryos, but fueling a growing debate. Eric schadt its one of those things that i think is inevitable. Its going to be hard to control, hard to regulate because the technology is so accessible. Kristen according to Mits Technology review, which first reported on the breakthrough, the scientists used a technique called crispr, already used with partial success in china, essentially a way to cut and paste dna, replacing unwanted genetic information. Scientists say it could someday eliminate inherited diseases, like some cancers, hemophilia, and sicklecell
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