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RE: Use CRISPR to heal illnesses, not social problems

in #crispr7 years ago

My understanding is that the technology is extremely accurate, in that it's possible to cut and paste genes extremely precisely. But as you point out, it's a potentially dangerous tools, as we don't have the knowledge to see all the consequences using this tool may have. So we can cut and paste genes, but end up with a quite different result than expected in the long term.

So we'll need to use this tool with great care, or perhaps not use it at all. Thanks for the links, I'll take a look at them.

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Yeah I'm particularly concerned with CRISPR since DARPA just recently gave them a $65 million dollar boost.
And we all know what darpa is all about.

No problem, anytime.

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