So what are genetic weapons? It is also called ethnic and is a kind of biological, and is designed to selectively target the population. In this case, racial, ethnic, sex or other genetically determined characteristics can be taken into account. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 prohibited its use. The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention does not imply the possibility of developing, producing and stockpiling such weapons in any quantity. True, there is a caveat: if biological agents have a preventive, protective or other peaceful purpose, then this is allowed.
Actually, when damaged, artificially derived pathogenic microorganisms affect a certain part of the population, as well as those who have certain alleles in the chromosome or other genetic differences. “Inappropriate” people do not get sick or get sick only partially. Medicines that were created before the removal of such weapons do not work. Actually, how does this kind of influence take place? A killer molecule, getting into the human body, gets to the necessary DNA, is added to the chain and disrupts the work, blocking the desired site. That is, hypothetically, it would be possible to turn off the "bad gene" so that people do not go blind, do not get cancer, diabetes and so on. However, there is also an option to block vital human cells. For example, these days, researchers know exactly which genetic combination is responsible forto produce sex hormones.
That is, hypothetically, it is possible to introduce a molecule that either facilitates reproduction or completely blocks it. This is equal, for example, to a childless nation and, therefore, complete extinction in the future. True, this kind of development initially has difficulties. Firstly, it is extremely difficult to pick it up, for example, for a specific race. Ethnically pure, without impurities, almost did not remain. Accordingly, a killer microorganism can easily become uncontrollable and begin to destroy not only those for whom it was intended, but also others that are suitable for outward signs, but in fact, somewhere in the history they had ancestors with a different race. In addition, it is extremely difficult to implement such a thing for a person.
The only option nowadays officially known is to administer it intravenously, together with a medicine or vaccine. These genes are not passed on through food or any other route. Injecting into the blood is expensive, time consuming and dangerous. If people start dying, it will be easy to determine who is the culprit: whoever sold infected vaccines is the culprit. Accordingly, while some experts are considering how to get around this rule. There are suggestions that there are other options, only they have not been deliberately made public.
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In fact, an amazing oddity is that genetic weapons have been banned for a long time, but they talk about and study them almost openly. Some experts, however, warn that it is better not to go into genetic engineering at all, even for treatment - the effect can be completely opposite. For example, according to John Sotos, the vaccines being developed against cancer are almost a direct path to a dangerous weapon. The handling of genes is very jewelry and technical, so you can get a piece that, for example, will be taken as a basis by terrorist organizations. Naturally, not in order to heal, but simply use the technology of influencing the DNA - and you will get a real weapon, against which it will be much more difficult to fight.
John Sotos believes that CRISPR is dangerous in this regard, and this is an experiment in which scientists from the University of Oregon manipulated human embryos in order to correct a genetic defect that causes young people, most often athletes, to die abruptly. This is the so-called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a special type of hereditary heart disease, in which the muscle fibers in the myocardium are not located correctly, because it increases greatly. True, other experts point out the likelihood of using technologies aimed at improving people's health through changes in genes that it is very painstaking work - changing those same genes, and just like that, taking someone else's, no terrorists will be able to remake them into their own.
It is believed that in general, similar experiments have already been carried out - specifically for infection. For example, in the 1980s, a substance was tested in the Republic of South Africa, which, according to rumors, was supposed to affect only the indigenous population. The experiment was stopped, as it turned out what was written above - it was not possible to control the killer gene. Also in 2002 in China, many began to get sick with SARS, in which the existing drugs did not help, and soon the virus spread further. According to Chinese scientists, it was aimed at exactly destroying the Chinese, since a lot of infected people turned out to be from this country.
July 19, 2017 - it became known that, for some unknown reason, the training aviation command of the US Air Force announced a tender to buy 12 samples of living tissues of Caucasian Russians. Why this is needed is not particularly explained, only some vague formulations that are for the treatment of residents of our country, since supposedly there are a lot of people in the Russian Federation who are ill. Some experts suggest that the United States may not think about aid, but, in accordance with policy, develop genetic weapons from the collected samples.
Irina Letinskaya