Aug 8, 2019
CRISPR Gene Editing Is Being Tested In Human Patients And Scientists Admit They Do Not Know “What The Long-Term Effects Of Man-Made Edits To The Human Genome Might Have”
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, entertainment
Scientists agree that CRISPR holds great promise in giving researchers unprecedented power to snip out abnormal stretches of DNA, But there are still significant questions about how safe and effective CRISPR gene editing will be once it’s unleashed in the human body. CRISPR works well enough in the lab, in a dish of human cells, but as with any technology, there are glitches. Some studies have shown that the gene editing goes awry once in a while, splicing incorrect places in the genome. Then there is the bigger question of what longer term, unanticipated effects man-made edits to the human genome might have… (READ MORE)
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