yes but not to alter or corrupt his work
Good afternoon dude,
If all the scientists had good intentions like when i started research more than 35 years ago I could agree that then the pursue of science was for advancement of knowledge an improve health. I saw over the years a gradual shift . The Pharmaceutical industry have invaded the universities, they pay researchers very small grants( In canada anyways) or simply buy their patent research, they have 2 big advantages in doing this, they do not need labs with staff to conduct research anymore and they have the names of the researchers on the scientific papers instead of the big pharma names it looks more legit this way. A study published a few weeks back proves that now 1/3 of publications in science journals are frauds... it is all about money now.
For this method crisper/ cas 9, it is not as people think, a miracle method, the cut and paste in the genome can also cut and paste in another gene sequence with some effects, it does corrupt the genome, they have better methods now but I grantee you that these methods will have long term effets. I could go on and on but i could probably write a book about this.
Also you probably know that Covid 19 was made in a laboratory using gene manipulation techniques, they added many other genes from other virus to make it more infectious, they call this gain of function, I call this madness, I was on scientific committees and quit because of mad scientists wanted to do these gain of function experiments with dangereous pathogens they claim is safe, I guarantee that it is not, I have worked in the best well funded labs in Canada so i know what is going on, Science as we knew it is now dead!
Blessings