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The work, they said, began decades ago with federal funding for basic research on bacterial immune systems. That led eventually, with more federal support, to the discovery of CRISPR. Federal investment in sequencing the human genome made it possible to identify KJ’s mutation. U.S. funding supported Dr. Liu’s lab and its editing discovery. A federal program to study gene editing supported Dr. Musunuru’s research. Going along in parallel was federally funded work that led to an understanding of KJ’s disease.

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[-] MiyamotoKnows@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

This isn't news. We were custom editing jeans way back in the 80's. My sister had a bedazzler.

[-] suigenerix@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, for the last century we've been using starch in laundry to alter jeans and make them feel CRISPR

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 10 points 1 day ago

Finally. CRISPR has been in development for so long I was worried we'd never see it save at least one life.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Lucky kid got fish Linux installed at the factory. Good for him.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago

Blue!? Can you help me find the DEI hire?

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

An Indian guy or a barely functional senior citizen who had brain damage from a parasitic worm.

Hmmm....

Can I phone a friend?

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago

This along with rna vaccines are one of the few technologies that give me hope for a bit of improvement. If it can become common.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think RNA vaccines predate covid. At least conceptually. I think the covid vaccine was the first to scale it successfully.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 21 hours ago

Yeah and the big thing is this allows for much more targeted vaccine production. Has massive promise in cancer treatment.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago
[-] yggstyle@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Science

...Although at the rate we are going it may well be referred to as such in the stories told about "the before times" as people huddle around the fire.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Magical science?

Illnesses like KJ’s are the result of a single mutation — an incorrect DNA letter among the three billion in the human genome. Correcting it requires pinpoint targeting in an approach called base editing.

To accomplish that feat, the treatment is wrapped in fatty lipid molecules to protect it from degradation in the blood on its way to the liver, where the edit will be made. Inside the lipids are instructions that command the cells to produce an enzyme that edits the gene. They also carry a molecular GPS — CRISPR — which was altered to crawl along a person’s DNA until it finds the exact DNA letter that needs to be changed.

[-] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Life is just a bit more fun when you can say magic

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[-] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago
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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That sounds awesome, but why was it necessary to tattoo a blowfish on his cheek??

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

They had to tattoo something for the treatment, and the choice was between a blowfish or a penis.

[-] Randomocity@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

The question stands, why a blowfish?

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago

What kind of sicko are you that you want this toddler to have a penis tattooed on their face?

[-] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago

Not a funny one, but still a...

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

Begun, the Eugenics Wars have...

[-] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Wrong series, you have.

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