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And now CRISPR technologies are being developed I trust that in addition to eliminating Huntington's disease, Tay-Sachs, Fragile X, and what have you, we will f
by umberway 10y ago
And now CRISPR technologies are being developed I trust that in addition to eliminating Huntington's disease, Tay-Sachs, Fragile X, and what have you, we will fix the GULO gene so that our bodies can recommence Vitamin C production.
- majkinetor 10y agoYeah, that is already done in animals few times and even in human cells in vitro, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-gulonolactone_oxidase#Animal_models https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-gulonolactone_oxidase#Animal... > There were number of successful attempts to activate lost enzymatic function in different animal species This is not trival change however given the amount of time that passed and that some level of adaptation to loss ocured. It would however probably be milestone in human achievements. Even if GULO is activated it might not be enough: The process of evolution does not necessarily result in the normal provision of optimum molecular concentrations: http://www.cellmedsoc.org/research_archive/NHC/studien_pdf/old/orthomolecular_psychiatry.pdf http://www.cellmedsoc.org/research_archive/NHC/studien_pdf/o... Found a paper on primate micronutrient patterns too: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095643303000849 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095643303...