What Could CRISPR Do Tomorrow?

CRISPR is the newest, most efficient and most accurate method to edit a cell’s genome. We have to understand it and prepare for the medical revolution it brings upon us, so here I summarized everything to know about this genome editing method from DNA-scissors to currently unimaginable possibilities, such as having an army of gene-edited soldiers. Here, let me show you the myriad of wonderful opportunities as well as the frightening ethical challenges what the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing method could bring into healthcare in the future. This is the third part of our article series about the amazing story of CRISPR. In our first article, you could read about the history how CRISPR/CAS9 was discovered and how the process of genome editing works. In the second piece you could familiarize with the CRISPR therapies and solutions available today. Now, let me show you where CRISPR could get us in the future. It is truly mind-blowing. If such examples as the complete eradication of malaria, the possible end of cancer and the treatment of deadly genetic diseases are the most likely scenarios happening very soon, imagine the scope of results we might get to. Perfect humans? Eternal youth and beauty? Living for hundreds of years? All of it is possible if we open the door of genome editing. But we have the utmost responsibility not to turn it into Pandora’s Box and let various monsters created through the inobservance of bioethical questions into the world. 1) We start “sma...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Biotechnology Genomics artificial intelligence CRISPR DNA future GC1 genes genetics Genome genome editing Health 2.0 Healthcare Innovation Medicine Source Type: blogs