Re:Massive genetic study shows how humans are evolving
by Will_Parker on Sunday September 10, 2017 @02:43PM
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It doesn't even need to be breeding, it could be CRISPR technology. How close is that to the mass market? To some parents it could be very defensible as technology to fix a child's genetic defect, which was preventing longer life or peak brain function.
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Re:Massive genetic study shows how humans are evolving
by perlgeek on Sunday September 10, 2017 @02:58PM
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According to this article, it's not yet ready for the mass market: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/gene-editor-crispr-wo...
I'm not a biologist, but reading this sounds more like a few years till mass market, not the ominous "30 years" you hear when people really have no clue how long it's going to take :-)
Re:Massive genetic study shows how humans are evolving
by adrianN on Sunday September 10, 2017 @02:53PM
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Is CRISPR suitable for doing more than single location fixes? I feel that breeding would work better for traits such as intelligence or longevity that seem to be controlled by many genes, each of which has only a tiny influence.