Seems like yeast or bacteria would be better targets for gene modification.
Pretty much gave the cartel an idea on how to transport drugs.
Japan went from the medieval age 1850 to the modern age 1960s in about ~100 years, granted it was really bumpy in certain areas and granted they did some really bad stuff along the way...
But given many counties in the middle east are still living several hundred years in the past, Japan continues to impress when it comes to developing and using technology.
They are a clever people.
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