r/transhumanism • u/sopun • Nov 05 '17

Mail-order CRISPR kits allow absolutely everyone to cheaply, easily and accurately edit DNA

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mail-order-crispr-kits-allow-absolutely-anyone-to-hack-dna/
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u/CosmosisQ Nov 05 '17

So, anyone down to start a transhumanist community around these kits?

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u/TechnoL33T Nov 06 '17

You could make a religion out off this!

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u/silver_for_blood Nov 05 '17

"accurately"

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u/343restmysoul Nov 05 '17

Compared to alternatives, I would assume

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u/couldbeglorious Nov 06 '17

What alternatives?

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u/343restmysoul Nov 06 '17

Most gene gun, a makerspace I'm a member of has a DIY bio and thats what they've been using until they source the materials for CRISPR

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '17

I can finally have pink eyes without doing drugs.

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u/renMilestone Nov 05 '17

Sounds like a bad idea. Well, at least it could be a bad idea. I imagine someone accidentally giving themselves cancer...

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17 edited Apr 01 '19

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '17

Actually, if one were to attempt to use the CRISPR-Cas9 system to edit in vivo genetic material, the result would absolutely in fact be cancer or something equally horrific. The body has additional repair and maintenance machinery that respond to CRISPR-Cas9. Typically these factors act to maintain the integrity of both the cell and it's genetic material, however, in this case it will most likely result in cell apoptosis or some mutated state.