Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 months agoBritain has greenlit the country's free healthcare system to use a CRISPR gene-editing therapy for sickle cell anaemia that it is hoped will be a complete cure for the genetic disorder.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkBritain has greenlit the country's free healthcare system to use a CRISPR gene-editing therapy for sickle cell anaemia that it is hoped will be a complete cure for the genetic disorder.www.theguardian.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareAnticorpcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoThis is wild! When I was a kid they were still working on mapping the human genome. Now in half a lifetime they’ve gone from trying to unravel our genes to editing them to cure disease. Amazing!
This is wild! When I was a kid they were still working on mapping the human genome. Now in half a lifetime they’ve gone from trying to unravel our genes to editing them to cure disease. Amazing!