Re:Fungus Candida auris infections spreading across US, CDC ...
by credit_guy on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @01:03PM
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Candida auris was discovered in 2009. CRISPR in 2012. Candida auris itself could not have been the result of any CRISPR editing experiment. Maybe you are suggesting that a particular strain of Candida auris is such a result. This is difficult to refute without an actual genomic analysis. But a much simpler explanation exists: Candida auris is nasty in itself. It does not need genetic engineering to be nasty. It is simply spreading in hospitals among immunocompromised patients because this is what Candida auris does. Per wikipedia [1]:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_auris
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Re:Fungus Candida auris infections spreading across US, CDC ...
by kornhole on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @01:23PM
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Less efficient methods were used for gene editing before CRISPR. The candida strain of yeast is likely not used as base for editing or industrial purposes. Given what we have learned about covid's origins, an analysis of the gene in this yeast is probably needed to confirm its origin and quell any suspicions.