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NB – this question was first posted on Quora in 2010 The fact that this question is as relevant in 2019 as it was in 2010 tells us something, does it not? I think we can throw out the “we just need more time” plea. Francis Collins, leader of the human genome initiative and now Read More …
In what has to be one of the least-surprising results ever, researchers at the Sanger Institute in the UK find that CRISPR modification of dividing cells causes high rates of DNA rearrangements. This study differed from others in that it 1) used cells that divide but are normal – eg., stem cells rather than tumor Read More …
It is hard to imagine how this could happen. Let’s assume that all the technical obstacles that now plague gene therapy[1] are resolved. In other words, that we learn how to deliver genes efficiently to the appropriate tissues without any side effects. Gene therapy would still be appropriate for only a tiny fraction of human Read More …