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Interestingly, CRISPR started out as a way for bacteria to fight viruses. So if we just put CRIPSR in animals, it will protect them. The problem is that influen
by Metacelsus 3y ago
Interestingly, CRISPR started out as a way for bacteria to fight viruses. So if we just put CRIPSR in animals, it will protect them. The problem is that influenza can probably mutate faster than we can update the CRISPR-engineered animals.
- bigbillheck 3y ago> So if we just put CRIPSR in animals, it will protect them Why do you think this is the case?
- LarsDu88 3y agoYep. In nature, the "writing" aspect is actually writing down a chunk of the virus's sequence to know what to attack in the future. It's a little 'ol immune system for yogurt bacteria!
- LordKeren 3y agoLoading up a multicellular eukaryotic organism with the CRISPR mechanisms wouldn’t work. Bacteria, as single cell organisms, have an entirely different immune system than animals. Mammal immune systems are much more complex with dedicated cells and mechanisms.