Not only were
levels of metabolic compounds different, but the expression of certain genes involved in metabolism was turned up, and the epigenome of the cells —
molecular markers
on DNA that change gene expression
on a broader scale — was
altered.
As global ecosystems deteriorate and global warming
alters water patterns — making economic growth ever more precarious — far - right global elites are counting
on new technologies to spur economic growth: geo - engineering (to modify the entire planet to counteract global warming), nanotechnology (to manipulate the world at the
molecular level to create novel materials) and synthetic biology (to create entirely new life - forms previously unknown in nature).