Just as many other high-tech achievements were quickly applied to the military field, as soon as genetic engineering came out, some military powers ignored the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons and rushed to invest a lot of money and manpower to research genetic weapons. The so-called genetic weapon is a new generation of viruses and pathogenic bacteria created by genetic engineering technology. Some highly infectious and deadly bacteria or viruses, such as cholera, plague, tuberculosis, and smallpox, may become the materials of choice for genetic weapons. On this basis, genetic engineering will be modified to produce greater lethality and greater resistance. A new type of genetic weapon that is larger, more contagious, and makes the detection, inspection, fire control and other methods almost ineffective. According to foreign press reports, the US government spends approximately US$2 billion in research funding for biological weapons a year. The U.S. Institute of Military Medical Research in Maryland is actually a genetic weapons research center. According to reports, some genetic weapons with practical value have been developed. Russia is also developing the recombination of the cobra's snake venom gene and influenza virus gene to form a new influenza virus. If someone is infected with this virus, it is not simply a cold problem. The snake venom gene carried will kill people. What is even more terrifying is that with the completion of the Human Genome Project, some countries have used research results to try to create racial weapons against a certain race. According to the British press. The Israeli military is developing a genetic weapon specifically designed to deal with Arabs. If this weapon is successfully studied, it will kill people and become invisible. However, it is comforting that scientists from intelligence agencies and the military agree that this weapon will not become a reality in the short term. So far, people have not yet mastered the ability to deal with viruses or bacteria so that they can distinguish different Race technology. Therefore, the claim that SARS is a genetic weapon specifically targeted at Chinese is generally considered an overstatement. But if with the advancement of biological science and technology, people not only decipher the human genome, but also understand all the details of the "Secret of Life", then while people's lives are greatly improved, the nightmare of genetic weapons will also be May become reality quietly.
Genetic modification is the use of biotechnology to separate a certain gene from an organism and then implant it into another organism to create a new artificial organism. For example, scientists believe that a certain gene in Arctic fish has anti-freezing effect, so they extract it and plant it in tomatoes, making new varieties of hardy tomatoes a genetically modified organism. Foods containing genetically modified organisms are called genetically modified foods.