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Why We Are Here => Hardware & Technology => Topic started by: Rooftop on November 16, 2017, 08:01:37 AM

Title: Editing your own DNA with CRISPR
Post by: Rooftop on November 16, 2017, 08:01:37 AM
Apologies for the partial paywall, but the but that can be read is still pretty interesting
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631520-100-biohackers-are-using-crispr-on-their-dna-and-we-cant-stop-it/
Title: Re: Editing your own DNA with CRISPR
Post by: ergophobe on November 16, 2017, 04:20:54 PM
QuoteIs it time to regulate CRISPR?

As it gets easy enough, this will be like regulating beer. Meaning, people know how fermentation works and can do it at home. So some people will always have beer
Title: Re: Editing your own DNA with CRISPR
Post by: Travoli on November 16, 2017, 04:52:12 PM
What a time to be alive. The future is now.
Title: Re: Editing your own DNA with CRISPR
Post by: rcjordan on November 16, 2017, 05:05:11 PM
LM & NFFC can whip up that myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy they've always wanted.


12-yr old with 14" biceps:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:12yo_with_rare_myostatin_disorder_flexing_biceps.webm
Title: Re: Editing your own DNA with CRISPR
Post by: rcjordan on November 16, 2017, 10:06:09 PM
>LM & NFFC

And throw a dash of Amish in the mix, too.

Amish Mutation Protects Against Diabetes and May Extend Life

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/well/live/amish-mutation-protects-against-diabetes-and-may-extend-life.html
Title: Re: Editing your own DNA with CRISPR
Post by: rcjordan on July 02, 2021, 01:40:29 PM
Breakthrough CRISPR Gene Therapy Could Be a 'One and Done' Injection
https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/01/breakthrough-crispr-gene-therapy-could-be-a-one-and-done-injection/
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