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Re:Scientists edited genes in a living person and saved his ... by thrance on Saturday December 27, 2025 @05:50PM (#46406224)
I thought (maybe mistakenly) that your body developed immunity to the adenovirus used to edit your own DNA, and so this trick could only be used once? Am I wrong?
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Re:Scientists edited genes in a living person and saved his ... by fao_ on Saturday December 27, 2025 @07:06PM (#46406904)
In this specific instance the code he built used a non-human lactase-enzyme producing gene, which he states in the retrospective is very likely the reason why his immune cells started attacking. There was also the matter of some of the other coding pieces being non-ideal.
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