Maybe not. Because such as system, by design, would have to create a lot of common, shared infrastructure.
Once you have centralized the ability to edit genes, most of that machinery can be repurposed for less 'profitable' endeavors.
A very crude comparison would be time sharing a radiotelescope. If you want to build one to run school experiments, it's prohibitive. But once you have one, you can use any spare capacity to allow for observations that would be impossible to justify economically.
Once you have centralized the ability to edit genes, most of that machinery can be repurposed for less 'profitable' endeavors.
A very crude comparison would be time sharing a radiotelescope. If you want to build one to run school experiments, it's prohibitive. But once you have one, you can use any spare capacity to allow for observations that would be impossible to justify economically.