Wednesday, March 25, 2020

How about editing your own genetic code?

If you're a squid, that's just part of life. We don't know why they keep editing their RNA so it varies in different parts of the body. But we know they can do it, and if we can learn the trick it might be used to treat various neurological conditions and other genetic diseases, without the risk of germline genetic engineering.

No comments:

Post a Comment