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CRISPR is basically find-and-replace with DNA. DNA expression is weird and complicated, and some bits do different things depending on the environmental context
by wizzwizz4 5y ago
CRISPR is basically find-and-replace with DNA. DNA expression is weird and complicated, and some bits do different things depending on the environmental context. There's a lot of potential for things to go wrong.
mRNA vaccines are injecting simple, engineered mRNA. This mRNA is expressed 100% of the time; what it does is very simple. I'd be confident using a new mRNA vaccine on day 1, so long as they're certain they picked the right protein, but I wouldn't be confident using a CRISPR treatment without a full medical trial.
- what_is_orcas 5y agoI know what CRISPR is. Like I said, I worked with it in grad-school. I agree with you in general, though I will say that if I was in a position to get CRISPR as a treatment, I would probably have a lot of questions for my doctor, but I wouldn't dismiss it outright.