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holy shit I just saw an ad talking about harnessing the power of CRISPR

MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT/PROBABLY ABSURDLY DANGEROUS.

The fact they have ads for it is terrifying, I didn't think we'd reached that point in it's use. I need to catch up on it then jfc.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pp17E4E-O8]

what the video doesn't really mention is that cas-9 can do the replacement part even though the way it look he is like it's kinda random. No It's targeted and very precise (as far as gene editing is concerned). And they're getting more accurate, two years ago China exponented on dead embryos in the removal of a harmful blood disorder and found some success. Not at a rate that was ethical but nothing like that had been done before.
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please educate me
edit: nvm holy shit i understand.....
Ok so Basically it's the most powerful and effective gene editing technique ever. It's also ABSURDLY cheap comepared to the others I'm talking like 50$ and you could start using this stuff in your basement. meanwhile with other technologies you would need expensive training and thousands of dollars worth of machinery and it's just less effective. While literally anyone can learn to use CRISPR in a few months. On top of that it's much more effective and easier to apply and mistakes aren't as expensive.

Here's a brief explanation

actually I'll put it in the main post