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Kind of amazing & scary in equal measure.
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Kind of amazing & scary in equal measure.
I’m familiar with gene editing tools such as CRISPR, CRISPR-CAS9, snd SiRNA. They weren’t available back in the day (17 years ago) when I was working in a startup company in Baltimore but my former boss IS using them now in his therapeutics research. Makes me wish I was still a chemist.
When applied correctly, they can do a mountain of good. Misused, as with anything else, they can do more harm than good.
I hate to doubt progress, but genetic engineering is so complex that these fly-by-nighters (some without college degrees) scare me.
[QUOTE=hifrommike65;2179256]I hate to doubt progress, but genetic engineering is so complex that these fly-by-nighters (some without college degrees) scare me.[/QUOTE]
This individual is obviously not using gene editing technology in the way it was intended. And yes, those people are to be feared. That said, a LOT of insight into disease mechanisms and therapies are coming from gene editing tools and that is very exciting!