CRISPR in 2018

[Attitude67]

Scientists in the PRC are ready to deploy the technology to fix genetic errors in a person’s DNA, getting at the root of disease. China is set to be the first to begin clinical trials in 2018 thanks to massive investment in a new technology company formed there by Juno and WuXi with government assistance.

The battle for technology supremacy between the University of Pennsylvania and China’s premier bioscience university has been nicknamed ‘Sputnik 2’ by the press.

What this means is that CART-T and other immune based treatment systems will soon be getting better genetic information to attach to Killer T-Cells so they can target, attack, and kill PCa and other cancer cells.

[spinosa]

Meanwhile, we remain a backwater nation, full of guns, idiotic leaders and legislators, who kowtow to fundamental and irrational religious beliefs...and where CEO take such enormous compensation, little is left to move forward with R & D...the Chinese will stick it to us.

[snoraste in reply to spinosa]

Putting religion and politics aside (as we should in this forum in my opinion) I agree with you how little federally funded R&D is going on. That is offset, however, by the substantial capital deployed in private sector. The news is very encouraging.

[spinosa in reply to snoraste]

I hope it is...I mentioned to another member that if we were to ACT UP, as AIDS victims did - more might come sooner...

[Hidden in reply to spinosa]

I agree, but will get into trouble if I say a lot more (I'd like too though).

[j-o-h-n]

WHEW!!! I'm convinced, I'm ordering an Asian blow up doll asap.

Good Luck and Good Health.

j-o-h-n Saturday 03/17/2018 11:44 AM EDT

youtube.com/watch?v=KHSV8ig...(Not working as expected?)

[Hidden in reply to j-o-h-n]

My blow up doll left me because I couldn't perform up to her "standards". I think the real reason she left me is I once threatened her with a pin.

[j-o-h-n in reply to Hidden]

Ahhhhhhh she left you because you wanted to prick her? Tsk Tsk.

What a revolting development this is.

Good Luck and Good Health.

j-o-h-n Saturday 03/17/2018 9:03 PM EDT

(Bars are jammed full right now)

[timfiskwa]

I am against genetic reconstruction until we know more. Those "genetic errors" may be incomplete mutations for better or worse. 1 billion year old DNA is smarter than us.

[Attitude67]

Similar arguments to those opposed to aspirin, antibiotics, and insulin. The laws of my God are infinite, science is the tool our creator gave us in order to understand him, and a failure to try is like burying your gifts in the sand. Praying helps, but trying to understand that which you have been given is one gift that needs constant exploration. Learning to use whats in our tool box is necessary if we are to ensure the survival of our species. Genes are just one more element of your biomedical sandbox. Everyone dies. The trick is to learn something that may be shared with others before we do...