The work, they said, began decades ago with federal funding for basic research on bacterial immune systems. That led eventually, with more federal support, to the discovery of CRISPR. Federal investment in sequencing the human genome made it possible to identify KJ’s mutation. U.S. funding supported Dr. Liu’s lab and its editing discovery. A federal program to study gene editing supported Dr. Musunuru’s research. Going along in parallel was federally funded work that led to an understanding of KJ’s disease.
Get ready for wealthy superhumans.
We won’t make it far enough for that to happen. Water and temperate climate land wars are up next. Extinction follows.
This isn’t news. We were custom editing jeans way back in the 80’s. My sister had a bedazzler.
This along with rna vaccines are one of the few technologies that give me hope for a bit of improvement. If it can become common.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think RNA vaccines predate covid. At least conceptually. I think the covid vaccine was the first to scale it successfully.
Blue!? Can you help me find the DEI hire?
Finally. CRISPR has been in development for so long I was worried we’d never see it save at least one life.