I saw an ad on FB for this CRISPR kit. Anyone know how to turn on telomerase? heh
CRISPR (Cas9) Kits Advertised on Facebook
#1
Posted 16 January 2017 - 09:18 PM
#2
Posted 16 January 2017 - 09:31 PM
#3
Posted 17 January 2017 - 01:21 AM
#4
Posted 17 January 2017 - 02:05 AM
Hmmm, so could this be used on a human? Could someone use it to insert a longevity gene?
Unlikely. If it does we don't know what genes we would want to manipulate. Elizabeth Parish did something similar with hers but I wouldn't know which one or how. That's not to say one couldn't learn. Her experiment so far hasn't really shown much in terms of results. I would go for telomerase if I were to try anything.
#5
Posted 17 January 2017 - 02:59 AM
http://www.npr.org/2...amentals-of-lif
Edited by Ark, 17 January 2017 - 03:02 AM.
#6
Posted 19 January 2017 - 05:58 PM
How would one attach the genes to a retrovirus for human injection? (even if someone could make a longevity change to the human genome)
#7
Posted 19 January 2017 - 06:06 PM
The problem is that DNA is like a computer program composed of thousands of individual sub-computers each interacting with each other. They are all working together to keep not only the machinery of their cabin (the cell) going but also the overall ship (the human body). I wouldn't be confident enough (without tremendous study and research) to just slap an extra telomerase gene onto my DNA. It could potentially improve health or it could cause problems or side effects.
#8
Posted 19 January 2017 - 06:10 PM
Obviously some of you need to catch up to 2017. CRISPR is how you edit genomes these days. Read up on it.
Edited by Nate-2004, 19 January 2017 - 06:11 PM.
Also tagged with one or more of these keywords: crispr, cas9, editing
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users