Genome editing with various CRISPR-Cas molecule complexes has progressed rapidly in recent years. Hundreds of labs around the world are now working to put these tools to clinical use and are continuously advancing them.
  • John@lemmy.caEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Whoopsie, sorry about your chromosome arms breaking off, while we were trying to cure your mild genetic disease. Hey, did you always glow blue? Don’t you bark at me! Get back! Aiiiiiiii bones crunching

    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      19 days ago

      I mean, they’re curing cancers and sickle cell disease, but also paying close attention to adverse reactions and side effects. It’s a very new technology with huge potential