CRISPR Gene Editing

Commenters speculate on whether CRISPR or similar gene editing technologies are used or could fix the genetic issue in the article, contrasting it with older methods and discussing applications like somatic vs. germline editing.

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NHEJ sciencemag.org EDIT berkeley.edu CAS9 CRISPER RNA nature.com OTOH CRISPR gene editing dna virus cells biology rna blood genome organism

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jasonkolb Mar 5, 2017 View on HN

Is this using CRISPR or some other method of editing the DNA?

kirykl Mar 15, 2017 View on HN

Could CRISPR be used to fix this?

sneilan1 May 9, 2024 View on HN

Is this an application of CRISPR?

jedberg Aug 31, 2019 View on HN

Maybe they used CRISPR tech to modify the sequence.

derefr Apr 18, 2018 View on HN

Is this something CRISPR could "fix"?

pockmockchock Jan 10, 2024 View on HN

isn't mRNA, crisper, prime-editing doing exactly that?

BandButcher Mar 2, 2025 View on HN

no Just-In-Time crispr gene editing as the cherry on top??

rvcdbn Sep 10, 2023 View on HN

can’t wait to get this CRISPR’ed into me

jl2718 Sep 29, 2021 View on HN

Seems like a quick fix for a CRISPR/CAS9 edit.

throwanem Jun 1, 2020 View on HN

Why don't we start with the thing that we know works, and worry about CRISPR magic later?