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CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating broad array of diseases

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Post by xf1cf »

xwdv wrote: post #9

What are the limits of gene editing?

A better question might be what are the ethical limits of gene editing. How long until we stumble over eugenics but with extra steps? It seems to me at least to be the natural conclusion of advanced gene editing. Law of unintended consequences and all that.

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Post by kyriakos »

zz865 wrote: post #13

Would CRISPR be the technology people would use to modify a bat virus to make it human transmissable? This stuff should stay in its box.

Knives can kill and save people. Almost anything can be used for bad purposes in the wrong hands.

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Post by stuntkite »

changoplatanero wrote: post #8

Reminds me of this guy that cured himself of lactose intolerance. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a17804128/sc...

His YouTube channel The Thought Emporium, is amazing. He just moved into a new lab and I really appreciate what he’s working on and how he communicates it. The robot painting fluorescent proteins is neat and recently he dropped a video demonstrating his adventures making synthetic opal.

Apparently the edit made him totally lactose tolerant for over a year and now he has very mild lactose intolerance. He says he hasn’t redosed because he wants to improve the plasmid (I think that’s the right term, BUGFIX probably isn’t right) before he takes another run at it.

Here’s his update video from last year on that endeavor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoczYXJeMY4

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Post by jcims »

changoplatanero wrote: post #8

Reminds me of this guy that cured himself of lactose intolerance. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a17804128/sc...

Here’s his YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/thethoughtemporium

Amazing and alarming what a smart and dedicated person can do with limited funds.

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Post by BurningFrog »

So this is editing liver cells, which I read somewhere is the easiest to do, since the liver absorbs foreign elements from the bloodstream.

The success of this should mean that many genetic liver conditions can soon be treated this way.

For other organs, I expect a longer wait.

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