Scenarios about 'genetic engineering'
Genetic engineering refers to the deliberate modification of an organism's genetic material using biotechnology to change specific characteristics or introduce new traits. This field emerged in the 1970s with recombinant DNA technology and has evolved to include techniques like CRISPR, enabling precise genetic alterations. In alternate history scenarios, genetic engineering often serves as a pivotal technology that creates divergent timelines through modified crops, enhanced humans, or novel organisms that fundamentally reshape societies and power structures.
What If Cloning Technology Was More Advanced?
Exploring the alternate timeline where cloning technology developed more rapidly, transforming medicine, agriculture, and raising profound ethical questions about human identity and reproduction.
What If CRISPR Was Never Discovered?
Exploring the alternate timeline where CRISPR gene editing technology remained undiscovered, profoundly altering the trajectory of biotechnology, medicine, and human genetic innovation in the 21st century.
What If Gene Editing Was Developed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where CRISPR-like gene editing technologies emerged in the 1980s, drastically accelerating biotechnology, medicine, and raising profound ethical questions decades before our timeline.