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?