{"id":94587,"date":"2019-08-08T15:22:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/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"},"modified":"2019-08-08T15:22:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:22:41","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/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","title":{"rendered":"CRISPR Gene Editing Is Being Tested In Human Patients And Scientists Admit They Do Not Know \u201cWhat The Long-Term Effects Of Man-Made Edits To The Human Genome Might Have\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/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.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s 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\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5642755\/crispr-gene-editing-humans\/\">(READ MORE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skywatchtvstore.com\/products\/the-trump-prophecies-updated-expanded-offer\">WOW! TWO MOVIES &amp; TWO BOOKS FREE WITH THE UPDATED AND EXPANDED \u201cTRUMP PROPHECIES\u201d!!<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skywatchtvstore.com\/products\/the-trump-prophecies-updated-expanded-offer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/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-have2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.skywatchtv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TrumpGraphic_1024x.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.skywatchtv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TrumpGraphic_1024x.jpg?resize=300%2C170&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.skywatchtv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TrumpGraphic_1024x.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.skywatchtv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TrumpGraphic_1024x.jpg?resize=200%2C113&ssl=1 200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/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.gif\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s unleashed in the human body. CRISPR works well enough in the lab, in a dish of human cells, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,11,1509],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-biotech-medical","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}