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

Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by DrAwdeOccarim on Sunday June 27, 2021 @05:22AM (#27649978)

I am bullish on the tech, but don't forget about how swords have two edges...there are going to be some crazy new exploits in our biology this technology will be able to take advantage of. Slipping genetic information past immune sentinels is going to have some crazy downstream risks we are just beginning to fathom.

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Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by 7thaccount on Sunday June 27, 2021 @11:44AM (#27652470)

I watched a pretty good PBS-NOVA special on CRISPR recently that covered this.

It seems like the scientists interviewed (some of them leaders in CRISPR) were of the opinion that we should stay the hell away from editing the human germ line (not sure if I used the right term, but basically stuff that would be passed to offspring).

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Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by DrAwdeOccarim on Sunday June 27, 2021 @05:47PM (#27655758)

I'm not even just talking about CRISPR. mRNA-LNP is like a flash drive that bypasses anti-virus software. The opportunities are...dramatic.

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Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by piyushpr134 on Sunday June 27, 2021 @12:37PM (#27652996)

The problem is that cat is out of the bag. There will be much more potentially dangerous stuff which will come out in future. There is no stopping it....like it or not

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