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Looks like the methods are already there but they’re not streamlined yet, as well as the research. You’d most likely go for an existing virus that targets cell
by nikita2206 6y ago
Looks like the methods are already there but they’re not streamlined yet, as well as the research. You’d most likely go for an existing virus that targets cell mitochondria specifically, maybe you’d want mitochondria of a specific cell. The viral DNA can be altered in the ways you want and the virus can deliver the DNA to your cells. I’m not sure how specifically this would be done, usually they use viruses to deliver a small portion of a DNA that encodes a specific protein, so the main objective there is to make the cell produce that protein. Not sure how that would work with simply mortifying existing DNA.
- nikita2206 6y agoI highly recommend ThoughtEmporium on YouTube btw. This guy literally does gene editing in his streams; not saying that he’s doing any breakthrough research but it’s at the very least inspiring and shows complex things in a very down to earth manner. See his videos on how he treated his lactose intolerance using a virus containing DNA that encodes lactase; or a recent video where he builds a plasmid DNA from genomes of Malaria + HIV for treating cancer developing antibodies against cancer and letting immune system do the hard work (might sound silly with all those HIV and malaria but there’s some actual research behind that)