OT: Is CRSPR the real deal?

[temery]

(@boba) or the other two or three highly educated, non Cliff Claven FKIA posters ... is this CRSPR thing the real deal, or just great PR on their part?

First step toward CRISPR cure of Lou Gehrig’s disease

 

[uconnfan68]

What do you have against barfly know-it-all’s?

 

[Chin Diesel]

What do you have against barfly know-it-all’s?

 

[B1GEast]

I don't know if CRISPR can cure ALS, but CRISPR is very real for many other applications. CRISPR is a Pandora's box that will lead to a brave new world.

 

[iri10]

I don't know if CRISPR can cure ALS, but CRISPR is very real for many other applications. CRISPR is a Pandora's box that will lead to a brave new world.

"Pandora's box" is the correct analogy here, I think. @temery, CRISPR is our most modern technique for reliable gene editing, so in that respect it's definitely the real deal. As we learn more about our genetic code, we'll be able to use it (and whatever more advanced versions of it are developed) to alter all sorts of genes, including some genes edits that will be considered quite...controversial.

The controversy of gene editing will eventually take center stage, but at the bottom of the opened box is hope...for a lot of medical fixes.

 

[housekeys]

Seeing the title of the thread, I thought this was going to be a discussion on whether crispy bacon or soft bacon was favored by the yard.

 

[RichZ]

Seeing the title of the thread, I thought this was going to be a discussion on whether crispy bacon or soft bacon was favored by the yard.

Crispy

 

[borninansonia]

When scientists who design athletes combine CRISPR with alterations in gut microbe populations, it will open a whole new world of sports "cheating."

I predict that entrepreneurs in the near future will be selling LeBron James' poop for $$$$$ per dried gram. Insert into new born baby and watch your baby become a sports star!

 

[CL82]

When scientists who design athletes combine CRISPR with alterations in gut microbe populations, it will open a whole new world of sports "cheating."

I predict that entrepreneurs in the near future will be selling LeBron James' poop for $$$$$ per dried gram. Insert into new born baby and watch your baby become a sports star!

You stole Charlie V's toilet, didn't you?

 

[borninansonia]

You stole Charlie V's toilet, didn't you?

No, too small time for me. I stole the Pope's toilet.

 

[Whtdmd]

This is a major step in the right direction. The diagnosis of ALS is generally made while the pt is still fully functional. The problem is that we have no medication to slow down its progression. The theory and study that the article presents looks sound. People with ALS can actually live a long time if they are willing to accept a feeding tube and a tracheostomy. I will be eagerly awaiting the clinical trials on this.

 

[QDOG5]

When scientists who design athletes combine CRISPR with alterations in gut microbe populations, it will open a whole new world of sports "cheating."

I predict that entrepreneurs in the near future will be selling LeBron James' poop for $$$$$ per dried gram. Insert into new born baby and watch your baby become a sports star!

My wife had CDiff(not fun) and we learned a s**&load about gut microbes. It is the new frontier of what makes us truly healthy or unhealthy.

 

[mauconnfan]

No, too small time for me. I stole the Pope's toilet.

Wrong house bia, you were in Charlie V's pad!

 

[Danzz]

I sure hope it works for ALS. Lost one my best friends to ALS and he went fast.