Most people nowadays are against the idea that a better organism should replace the human species as we know it (robots, aliens, etc).
However, wouldn't it be nice if people don't have to feel hunger, loneliness and pain, have enhanced short and long term memory, reduced aging effects, increased long term health and enhanced immune system, less prone to depression and other mental illnesses, etc? Why aren't there more funding for genetic manipulation research that is specifically targeted towards humans?