Cogito007patteDup (2019) Painting by Jyb Le Peintre

Tomorrow, it will be the cloning of human embryos, we thought… Today, the visible objectification of GMO manipulations can be recognized by the content of our plates. The desire for power of certain decision-makers has gained ground. Enthusiasm for the progress of science has instilled in some minds the deep conviction that scientists are capable of transforming matter, and even humans. The sorcerer's apprentices do not date from today! Let us remember the days of the Cold War: on one side of the Iron Curtain, Professor Vladimir Domikhov, a pioneer in organ transplants, succeeds in grafting the head and front legs of a dog onto the body from another dog. On this side of the Iron Curtain, American neurosurgeon Robert WHITE has trained on monkey heads in the hope that one day he will be able to do so on human heads. In 2016, genetic engineering more than ever in motion, allows Chinese scientists to create 2 genetically modified twin babies. To re-read Faust, the character of Wagner makes a homunculus, a small living being with a human appearance, devoted to obediently serving the alchemist who conceives it. Dream or reality, have we really come to this?

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ClonageEmbryonsManipulationOgmTransplantations D'organes