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Unfortunately, there are some types of cervical cancer that are not caused by HPV, but rather by underlying bad luck with genetics. But you are right we could
by Herodotus38 6y ago
Unfortunately, there are some types of cervical cancer that are not caused by HPV, but rather by underlying bad luck with genetics. But you are right we could eradicate the vast majority with HPV.
Edit: also there is a hormone called DES that was used in the past (a hormone like estrogen) that if used by mom during pregnancy increased offspring risk of cervical cancer.
- toomuchtodo 6y ago> Unfortunately, there are some types of cervical cancer that are not caused by HPV, but rather by underlying bad luck with genetics. Can we fix that last bit with CRISPR?
- Herodotus38 6y agoI'm not an expert in CRISPR but I don't believe it is being used regularly outside of some very initial studies to human beings. Assuming you could use CRISPR to edit out a bad gene or change to a good gene, then I think yes it would work, but you have second problem. That second problem is finding those very rare people with the inherited risk of HPV negative cervical cancer before it becomes a problem, which would require us to a point where we have full genetic screening of the entire population as a standard thing (not to mention being sure we know which genes are for sure high risk for HPV negative adenocarcinoma of the cervix, which I don't think we have a clear picture yet).