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It will be interesting to see if the babies grow up with any side affects from the editing. DNA is hugely complex and changing some elements of it could easily
by fasicle 7y ago
It will be interesting to see if the babies grow up with any side affects from the editing. DNA is hugely complex and changing some elements of it could easily effect other parts (I imagine).
- baybal2 7y agoVery unlikely. For a conception happening from people around 30 years, they will be passing 20 to 30 thousand DNA mutations to their offspring, and around 100-150 genetic mutations. Statistically cas9 is barely worse than just be born to a late parent.
- Barrin92 7y ago>Statistically cas9 is barely worse than just be born to a late parent. Depends on what's being mutated. It seems likely that 1. random mutations with catastrophic outcome would be negatively selected for evolutionary, 2. Humans try to meddle with genes that may be disproportionately important. So I'd put the risk of gene editing quite a bit higher.
- imtringued 7y agoIt's also very unlikely to be born with down syndrome. It still happens.