In 2018, the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a program called ‘PReemptive Expression of Protective Alleles and Response Elements’ (PREPARE) (here) to develop “programmable gene modulators for humans” capable of altering the body’s own biology as alleged medical countermeasures against biological, chemical, and radiological threats that the agency said endangered public health and national security. [Read More]