Editing your own DNA with CRISPR

[Rooftop]

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/

[ergophobe]

Is 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

[Travoli]

What a time to be alive. The future is now.

[rcjordan]

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

[rcjordan]

>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

[rcjordan]

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/