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At what age would it be too late to try this? Asking for a friend...

• joshuamcginnis 3y ago
  It needs to be done at the embryonic stage before cell division so that as the cells replicate, they inherit the desired changes. The technology isn't quite there yet to transfect every single cell in an adult body with a virus containing the desired genetic modifications. Also, I can only imagine the downstream of effects of the body transcribing this modified dna in a fully-developed human. Have you ever seen the movie The Fly?
  • swader999 3y ago
    Loved the fly!
• speedylight 3y ago
  The holy grail of gene editing will be when we can make “permanent” changes to the DNA of people alive today.