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[–] zo34 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm not sure its that simple. I don't want to even think about the auto-immune damage that comes with 'infecting' someone with another genome. What happens when a person hits 50% of each gene type? Will the body fight itself?

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[–] PassingShip ago 

I don't personally know exactly. I assume there is some basis by which the immune system recognizes self and other, and that that can be bypassed or subverted. I assume that it will be a process, possibly over a few days, where our hypothetical human would go into isolation (clean room), has their immune system paused, spends a few days being rewritten (our understanding of nanotechnology is advancing quickly, this might be actual tiny robots), has their immune system rebooted, and reemerges to the world. Such treatments will likely show up first for lasers and congenital diseases, but eventually a live edit of any trait will be a cheap consumer commodity (See computers, cell phones, the human genome project vs 23andme, self driving cars) available to anyone who works for a living.

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[–] zo34 ago 

Interesting. I'd be willing to give virus modification and gene sequencing a shot if someone wants to throw a quarter of a million my way.