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Wonder what impact that could eventually have on people with Sickle Cell or Beta thalassemia (or the rare case that hits the genetic jackpot and has both).
by pauljburke 6y ago
Wonder what impact that could eventually have on people with Sickle Cell or Beta thalassemia (or the rare case that hits the genetic jackpot and has both).
- robbiep 6y agoMy bet is before this particular branch of technology reaches maturity, the CRISPR tech tree will have solved that particular problem
- pauljburke 6y agoI don't follow medical tech religiously but read the original article and thought it relevant (I have a friend that actually has both conditions and the treatment for it is brutal). Looks like I have more to read up on, thanks!
- vikramkr 6y agoI think gene therapy is going to solve that well before an approach like this. Those two are some of the lower hanging fruit to go after (well defined, clear mutation in a single gene, etc) and theres a bunch of therapies already in the pipeline to cure them.