That CRISPR video linked in the article was so eye opening when I first saw it, it’s bananas how fast tech has accelerated in the last few years
@twinklestars @GentleSoul what do u think…??
Will CRISPR only be available in China?
I think it is available all over the world… U.S TOO…!!!
Great news
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Will it be available for sz too …!!! Do we know yet…???
Not in humans yet, (for sz) but at least one research group has done a version of it in rodents.
Obviously a long way to go for people, with potentially hundreds of genes each making a small contribution to risk, but hey, at least they’re thinking about it.
Means we have to wait a decade for crisper stem cell and gene editing… i will be older by then …!!! God help me… life is getting tuffer day by day…!!!
Its excellent news. I never thought this technology would be utilized so soon in humans. Sadly though the genetic markers of sz are still unclear so its gonna take some time before we will benefit from it.
The more i think about it, the more i feel stem cells are way more important in sz. Also we need ro identify the cause of sz.
They are working on it.
This will also lead to epigenetic drugs.
Cell therapy generally involves stem cells that have the potential, under the right triggers, to grow into many different types of cells. These cells are then transplanted to an area of disease.
Gene therapy (i.e. CRISPR) generally involves replacing small dysfunctional segments of DNA. DNA is present in almost every cell in our body and is the instruction manual that tells the cell what to do.
Gene therapy is experimental at this time. Stem cell transplantation is more common, but is limited by the availability of suitable tissue matched donors. Additionally, there are scores of offshore stem cell clinics offering experimental therapies.
Yeah, one of the major issues with cell therapy is matching and rejection. One of the ways to combat that is to use the recipient’s own cells, but this is expensive and time consuming (although it could become easier and cheaper) and if the cells contain a genetic defect, maybe not helpful. In the case of rejection, people can sometimes have very serious problems like graft vs host disease. Probably one of the main reasons not to try unapproved therapies. Also that you don’t know what you’re getting.
They are working on universal donor stem cells though. That would be a major step in safety that would allow for more trials.
Thanks for the info, twinklestars.
It seems that stem cell transplants can be successful using allogenic cells (same species, different individual) and xenogenic cells (different species). Upon my review of the FDA Web site, the FDA, until recently allowed, the use of only autologous cells (your own).
Stem cell therapy, to make a pun, is still in its embryonic phase. We are a bit behind in all this thanks to the Bush administration banning reserach in this area for 8 years, but with current policies, hopefully, we can catch up.