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1 posted on 04/10/2021 2:48:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Will it work on tumor DNA?


2 posted on 04/10/2021 3:05:08 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Yeah, lets fk with human genes the way ‘Doctor’ Gates wants (not his of course).

As EVIL as Soros and Xi.


3 posted on 04/10/2021 3:11:06 PM PDT by A strike (McConnell, Pence to gitmo; Barr, Fauxi to Florence supermax; Roberts to Terre Haute)
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I have one of those in my refrigerator.


4 posted on 04/10/2021 3:11:19 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Gender fluid people can applaud now


5 posted on 04/10/2021 3:16:21 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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This could be a big breakthrough. Imagine being able to “turn off” the expression of genes causing autoimmune disorders.


7 posted on 04/10/2021 4:29:32 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Election Fraud Deniers--Won't follow the science, won't follow the law.)
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This has been done several years ago by using engineered zinc finger DNA binding proteins. You can control transcription, and you can control epigenetic patterning. CRISPR is just another kid on the block - though easier to make and use.
8 posted on 04/10/2021 4:41:50 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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Epigenetic controls are the reason that you can start with a single human germ cell and end up with a fully formed adult human body even though every cell contains the same DNA as the germ cell. These controls can act as brakes or accelerators to express or suppress specific protein production in dividing cells according to a very intricate process of differentiation.

Some lower animals like geckos can lose entire parts of their body and regenerate limbs or tails from stem cells using this epigenetic program. The potential here is to enable regeneration of body parts or organs in mammals that lose this ability once they are grown.

Mark Levin is a scientist at Tufts that is studying how the body creates and remembers a grid of epigenetically programmed nodes (almost like a wireframe) that determine how the cells turn on and off to make just the right proteins and structures for limbs and organs. He wants to create a “compiler” that will determine the specific epigenetic changes needed for regenerating diseased or removed body parts. The use of CRISPon/off could be the tools needed to affect this process once the programming is better understood.


9 posted on 04/10/2021 5:10:28 PM PDT by Dave Wright
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