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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2920 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 20, 2016

Right? It's so far past the normal "what could go wrong?" high water marks that you expect to hear Dan Akroyd saying it.





thundara  ·  2920 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean, I could see it having some niche application. Like rabbies and a few others get used all the time in brain research for transfecting neurons. Though depending on when your friend did their Ph.D, the recombinant controversy conversation could have been focused anywhere from insulin to GMOs to gene drives.

OftenBen  ·  2920 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ok I understood this conversation right up until your last term.

Gene drives?

thundara  ·  2920 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Illustrated in one simple image!

OftenBen  ·  2920 days ago  ·  link  ·  

THAT IS SO COOL.

YEAH, SCIENCE!

thundara  ·  2920 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Or OH FUCK, SCIENCE! Depending on who you ask.

I'm of the opinion that gene drives should be given a try at least once (Possibly once gene editing tech has plateaued), but given the complex machine of ecology, even that could totally be a disaster.

OftenBen  ·  2920 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Come on bro, mosquitos? mosquitos?

I do think that we should tread carefully, but we have to take a step eventually.

thundara  ·  2919 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Tell that to the mosquito that transfects oncogenes into you while you sleep