That’s cool- I have Crohn’s disease, nd have been optimistically skeptical that a ‘cure’ is in the near future, and I’ve read there were stem cell replacement treatments but they were really horrendous to go through- I’m probably too old to live to see the day they do find a cure, and mine has caused massive damage, and there isn’t much left- so a ‘cure’ wouldn’t really matter now for me anyways- but it would be cool if people with this disease, and other diseases could face possible cures without having to endure lifelong dangerous anti-rejection drugs, or have to go through excruciating proceedures getting the cure administered0-
Crohn’s is bad. The new genetic techniques offer the hope of precise edits in the DNA of both adult and stem cells so as to eliminate or silence offending genes. Human trials and clinical use are years away, but the fundamental science is advancing rapidly.