the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Scientists will soon see the results of an experimental HIV treatment that uses CRISPR technology. The treatment is a one-time infusion that takes an hour to administer. It targets regions in the HIV genome important for viral replication. A man with HIV received the treatment in July. He will soon stop taking his antiretroviral drugs to see if the treatment was a success.
CRISPR is a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of prokaryotic organisms such as bacteria and archaea. These sequences are derived from DNA fragments of bacteriophages that had previously infected the prokaryote. They are used to detect and destroy DNA from similar bacteriophages during subsequent infections.
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I hope, for this man’s sake with HIV, it works, and he gets better. However, there are other, (less dangerous) cures for HIV out there. Downside to that is they are in competition with big pharma and not advertised. ( Just a note, big pharma is teaming up with CRISPR-plenty of articles out there about that)
CRISPR is already being used in our fruits and vegitables. (Called GMO’s). Having “prettier” and larger strawberries with absolutely no flavor is not a plus. And who knows how many nutrients are removed with this process??!!
Here is a copy paste from a long article you might find interesting:
“At that one particular site, Cas9 should only cut, right? Incorrect. The CRISPR-Cas9 method is extremely precise in principle, but in reality not so much. It can cause mutations elsewhere in the gene, known as off-target’ modifications. Off-target impacts are random and can affect other genes or regions unduly.”
Not too comfortable with this.
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