Nobody's been writing in the news about all the problems that have been discovered with #CRISPR. The reason you aren't hearing about CRISPR anymore is because of that.
Using CRISPR gene-editing technology, scientists have successfully snipped out HIV from infected cells. Much more work needs to be done before this could possibly be used in people, but it’s a start...
While there are numerous caveats, there are now two gene editing therapies available for people with Sickle Cell Disease, and early therapies have been very successful. It's nowhere near cheap at over $2M for one and over $3M for the other, but it's a start I suppose. Only the 1% can afford such therapy for now, but if sanity ever returns to society, I would hope that empathy will eventually win out over profits in the end. #science#crispr#genetherapy#sicklecelldiseasehttps://youtu.be/uHWD8RSw4As
Erklärt schön was #CRISPR tut, und warum es eigentlich keinen Grund für die Angst gibt, die viele vor 'Gentechnik' haben. Natürliche #Züchtungen sind ein Eingriff, der schon seit Jahrtausdenden durch den Menschen passiert.
Der Umweltausschuss des EU-Parlaments spricht sich gegen die Kennzeichnung von mit neuen #Gentechnik-Methoden wie #Crispr erzeugten Lebensmitteln aus. #Bio-Bauern, Umweltschützer und Grüne hoffen jetzt auf das Plenum https://taz.de/!5984645/#Landwirtschaft
Was not aware #NewGenomicTechniques debate at #EU, only to notice two opposing campaigns with some heavy weight geneticists backing one side or another