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So one thing I've been thinking about. Editing DNA is kind finicky, with off-target mutations and stuff. But editing files, that is very easy. So would you ge

by im3w1l 6y ago

So one thing I've been thinking about. Editing DNA is kind finicky, with off-target mutations and stuff. But editing files, that is very easy. So would you get higher quality results sequencing a genome, editing it on a computer, and then "printing" it back out to a DNA molecule? How far along has DNA synthesis come? And when you have your DNA, how easy is it to insert into cells?

Eli_P 6y ago
> editing it on a computer, and then "printing" it back out to a DNA molecule That's kind of what Novavax claims, search for the interview with David Rubinstein on WEF. NVAX wants to print short fragments of virus's proteins, so the resulting vaccines supposed to be safer than those made by working with live viruses.