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It's possible that we could change a human gene and double our life span. I don't know if that's true, but we can't rule that out.

Realizing the ways in which we humans may have been inadvertently changing our genes for millennia provides a way for us to begin to think about the inevitable genetic revolution in medicine that is going to allow us to advertently change our genes over centuries and even decades.

The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.

Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.

With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code.

Now that we can read and write the genetic code, put it in digital form and translate it back into synthesized life, it will be possible to speed up biological evolution to the pace of social evolution.

We found out that, contrary to what many people thought, in the immune system, genes can change during the life cycle of the individual.

If you get very fine, accurate, and inexpensive control over your genome, you can fundamentally change the kind of organism you are. You are extending human capacity.

We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation.

You can now modify the genes of large animals, and the largest animal we are concerned with is the human.