Chapter 6: DIY Guide to Creating GMO Sapiens

How would one go about creating a GMO sapiens?

Would it be difficult? What steps would be involved? What level of understanding would be needed?

Could you do it DIY-style, maybe even in your garage with some equipment purchased on eBay?

It would be a challenge, but with say a hundred thousand dollars, basic cell and molecular biology laboratory equipment, and a partnership with a fertility clinic, it would be doable. This chapter is not intended to enable people to literally try to make a GMO sapiens, but rather to illustrate that the technology already exists and that it could be attempted by any of the hundreds of laboratories (probably not garages) around the world. Whether for the correction of genetic diseases or for the creation of designer babies for enhancement, the steps involved to give it a try are fairly straightforward even if doing it in a responsible manner could be far more difficult or even impossible.