CRISPR technology to radically speed up and cheapen genetic modification development - Polidicks

[url]http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-gene-editing-is-just-the-beginning-1.19510[/url] [T]http://www.nature.com/polopoly_fs/7.34674.1457358573!/image/crispr-graphic-ONLINE.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/crispr-graphic-ONLINE.jpg[/T] reducing the affects of aging [url]http://www.nature.com/articles/srep15145[/url] fighting cancer [url]http://www.nature.com/news/first-crispr-clinical-trial-gets-green-light-from-us-panel-1.20137[/url] [QUOTE]CRISPR, the genome-editing technology that has taken biomedical science by storm, is finally nearing human trials. On 21 June, an advisory committee at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved a proposal to use CRISPR–Cas9 to help augment cancer therapies that rely on enlisting a patient’s T cells, a type of immune cell. “Cell therapies [for cancer] are so promising but the majority of people who get these therapies have a disease that relapses,” says study leader Edward Stadtmauer, a physician at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Gene editing could improve such treatments and eliminate some of their vulnerabilities to cancer and the body’s immune system, he says.[/QUOTE] a non-scholar source which may be easier to understand: [url]http://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-crispr-the-new-tool-1702114381[/url] [QUOTE]CRISPR, a new genome editing tool, could transform the field of biology—and a recent study on genetically-engineered human embryos has converted this promise into media hype. But scientists have been tinkering with genomes for decades. Why is CRISPR suddenly such a big deal? The short answer is that CRISPR allows scientists to edit genomes with unprecedented precision, efficiency, and flexibility. The past few years have seen a flurry of “firsts” with CRISPR, from creating monkeys with targeted mutations to preventing HIV infection in human cells. Earlier this month, Chinese scientists announced they applied the technique to nonviable human embryos, hinting at CRISPR’s potential to cure any genetic disease. And yes, it might even lead to designer babies. (Though, as the results of that study show, it’s still far from ready for the doctor’s office.)[/QUOTE] or if you want it in simple video form: [video=youtube;jAhjPd4uNFY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhjPd4uNFY[/video] [sp]I decided not to put this into the vidoes section since there are plenty of articles about this and this is very newsworthy[/sp]

Hell yeah. Can't wait to see what society is like in 25 years.

Fuck designer babies. Instead, just upgrade everyone!

Legalize catgirls for domestic ownership.

National Geographic had a great piece on CRISPR for this month's (August) edition. I would highly recommend reading it.

Can't wait to have my very own designer son, Gattaca style :D [editline]10th August 2016[/editline] I'll even call him Jerome :v:

That video was both incredible and super scary. It will be very interesting to see where this technology could take humanity.

[QUOTE=Pie_Tony;50861125]Legalize catgirls for domestic ownership.[/QUOTE] The future is today.

[QUOTE=damnatus;50861117]Fuck designer babies. Instead, just upgrade everyone![/QUOTE] No, upgrade a very small minority instead!

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;50861330]No, upgrade a very small minority instead![/QUOTE]make upgrades super expensive and then upgrade only those with the money (and connections)

[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50861087]Hell yeah. Can't wait to see what society is like in 25 years.[/QUOTE] it will be fucked up

[QUOTE=damnatus;50861117]Fuck designer babies. Instead, just upgrade everyone![/QUOTE] Gene therapy like this is still a long ways off.

"honey the baby's gonna have downs" "Just put him in the crisper" i can see that name making for a few unusual stories

Hope people my age (22) can live to see the benefit of this.

[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50861087]Hell yeah. Can't wait to see what society is like in 25 years.[/QUOTE] Sounds like there'd literally be humans being deprecated but at a incredibly fast rate :v:

Remember reading this on a TIME's magazine about a week ago at the medical clinic. Shit's fucking awesome.

We did a report on this in my general genetics course last semester. I completely forgot the pros and cons of it

Have a good friend that's currently in a research project about this. I actually helped him with some programming issues. Can't wait to edit my dick size.

I panicked about this being a press release because I'm working on a project with a VERY similar name at work, and I was expecting mass ridicule or something

[QUOTE=Rubs10;50861393]Gene therapy like this is still a long ways off.[/QUOTE] How far are we talking? As far as I'm aware the issue is the delivery method, isn't it? Simultaneous or near simultaneous delivery.

[QUOTE=damnatus;50861117]Fuck designer babies. Instead, just upgrade everyone![/QUOTE] Fuck those genetic mods, I'm going the way of cyborgs and nanomachines.

[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50861087]Hell yeah. Can't wait to see what society is like in 25 years.[/QUOTE] Furries. Everywhere.

[QUOTE=Devil Traitor;50864300]Furries. Everywhere.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://shifti.org/wiki/Paradise_(Setting)#.C2.A0Basics.C2.A0"]Its going to happen, I swear.[/URL]

[QUOTE=Joazzz;50861374]make upgrades super expensive and then upgrade only those with the money (and connections)[/QUOTE] but there is yet hope, because cheaper (and more harmful and dangerous) upgrades shall emerge on the underground black markets.

Neat. How long until some terror organization uses this though to make a huge bio-weapon that kills somebody? Just keeping cautiously optimistic.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;50863927]Have a good friend that's currently in a research project about this. I actually helped him with some programming issues. Can't wait to edit my dick size.[/QUOTE] Sorry dude, this kind of tech is only feasible on embryos. You could edit your son's dick though!

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;50867671]Sorry dude, this kind of tech is only feasible on embryos. You could edit your son's dick though![/QUOTE] Perhaps at this point in time, but I don't doubt that at some point in the near future gene therapy tech using CRISPR will evolve to being able to alter adolescent or adult humans. After all, the majority of our cells (bar some things like neurons in the central nervous system/brain) regenerate completely roughly every decade or so, so it's not impossible... just more improbable for now.

This combined with transhumanism style enhancements may genuinely allow people to live forever.

What a time to be alive!

Modify me into a mantis so I may become a super hero