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nice, thanks. I think the most important step we are still missing are: 1) the reverse drive, so say that some edit is spreading, you must have a way to stop it
by thomasrossi 11y ago
nice, thanks. I think the most important step we are still missing are: 1) the reverse drive, so say that some edit is spreading, you must have a way to stop it eventually; 2) telomere-elongating or other DNA repairing goodies (maybe copying from water bears).
- eggie 11y agoThe most important step we are missing is the first one, where we "easily" edit the genomes of humans. It is not yet easy, despite the enormous hype surrounding CRISPR-based approaches. Edit: and I understand that gene drive could make it easier to introduce biallelic changes, but this isn't really easy because the drive systems themselves are not even 10% efficient at introducing the exact modification which is desired.