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SixDouble5321
When is it time to engineer RoundUp ready humans too?
esarbe
As soon as it's profitable.
celeduc
No need, Bayer AG has been poisoning and murdering humans for 158 years and has developed complete resistance to being held accountable.
sidewndr46
Imagine genetic modification being advertised to expectant mothers. It could work on a subscription basis. The parent makes a one-time payment before birth for the modification. Then after the child's 18th birthday the corporation gets a percentage of their income each year for life. If they don't pay then the corporation gets to reclaim their property.
rasz
>reclaim their property

No no, highly illegal and immoral.

Instead your kid is born a beautiful genius, and you pay monthly for 'personalized DNA stabilization boosters' (cant take someone elses, individually copyrighted formula) for the rest of his life.

Snafu77
That verdict and the final penalty of 86M should rightfully have been dealt to Monsanto.