>NPR has learned that a U.S. CRISPR study that had been approved for cancer at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has finally started.
>A university spokesman on Monday confirmed for the first time that two patients had been treated using CRISPR.
>One patient had multiple myeloma, and one had sarcoma. Both had relapsed after undergoing standard treatment.
>The revelation comes as several other human trials of CRISPR are starting or are set to start in the U.S., Canada and Europe to test CRISPR's efficacy in treating various diseases.
>"2019 is the year when the training wheels come off and the world gets to see what CRISPR can really do for the world in the most positive sense," says Fyodor Urnov, a gene-editing scientist at the Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences in Seattle and the University of California, Berkeley.
So.... no more cancer then?? I will literally drop every pretty pursuit I have to pursue the resources necessary to acquire this treatment for my loved ones and eventually myself if true.
Jason Robinson
Yes this could be the most revolutionary breakthrough in science and technology. We will have to rethink our strategy on many things if it ends up working. We will inevitably engage in designer babies or performance enhancements.
Owen Wright
Gay.
Jeremiah Martin
shit is going to get real weird real quick. >I identify as a dolphin >becomes dolphman
Ayden Bennett
I almost killed myself first time I saw UPenn’s campus when I first visited my nearby shitballs school. It looks like a space colony. Not surprised at all those spergs found the cure to cancer.
Andrew Bell
>muh CRISPR overhyped shit. it's fucking useless. forget about it.
Henry Edwards
>So.... no more cancer then?? no it's overhyped bullshit don't get your hopes up
Joseph Gomez
If you are serious i think (as some asshole on a Japanese koi-raising forum) that you should 100% throw your lot into this stuff. Its the only thing ive ever really aspired to do
Nolan Jackson
>A++ Ha. This will need a lot of fine tuning to get the results proposed in many articles but, should it work, whats to stop them from tinkering with telomeres and doubling life expectancies for those who can afford it?
