CRISPR-Cas9
Ethan Benoist
The idea of replacing and extracting certain cancerous cells in a patient's body has been around for a long time. Even executing the idea with genetically engineered T-cells is not that effective. CRISPR is a family of sequences of DNA found within genomes of bacteria and archaea. Using the new CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool, scientists at The Technical University of Michigan have found a way to make man-made T-cells look almost identical to the ones naturally produced by the body. Implementing these in a patient’s body can greatly enhance the probability of a cancer patient’s percentage of beating the sickness.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190711105621.htm
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If you have cancer would you be willing to be a test subject for this?
How do you feel about putting fake cells inside your body that are made from a computer?
What negative effects do you see coming from this?
One negative effect I can see for this is the rise of "designer babies." The ability to change the DNA of your unborn child can be good for introducing immunities and such, but the ability to change your child cosmetically is a dangerous vanity.
ReplyDelete-Wesley Henshaw
I think that the CRISPR has been helpful with stopping the cancer from spreading. I think that if they continue with the research and improving it, it can help cure cancer
ReplyDelete-Jessica DeMoor
Although I feel that work on CRISPR technologies is ultimately a very good thing for treating diseases, such as cancer, at its current stage I would not feel comfortable having it used on me. Of course, if there were no other options I would agree, but as it is right now, I would look for alternatives.
ReplyDelete-Dorian Kavadlo
I thought being able to edit and regenerate DNA was very cool and interesting. I hope this technology become more known and open to the public ASAP so the cancer patients can cure cancer
ReplyDelete-Gyeom Kim
Altho we don't know much about it, it doesn't mean that this process will have a negative affect on one subject because of our lack of knowledge. But at the same time, do we really need to inject or edit cells to cure something "incurable"?
ReplyDelete-Raven ^
ReplyDeletei think that this has been helpful to humanity, other than lack of knowledge that it has, we know there a chance it can cure things.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this could be a solution for more diseases other than cancer
ReplyDelete-alyssa cearley
Some of the negative effects I see from this type of technology is that many may find this to be morally wrong when it comes to affecting unborn children. I think there has to be a limit to where this technology can be used.
ReplyDelete-David C
I think this is very interesting. I cannot wrap my head around how they "cut" and replace part of the DNA because it is so small. - Maddie Hoffmeyer
ReplyDeleteIt surprised me that were able to take someone’s dna and manipulate it. I think it’s great that diseases such as cancer can be treated. I wonder if every disease can be treated by this or if one day maybe bacteria will still thrive with crispr edited dna.
ReplyDelete-Nate
If I had terminal cancer I would 100% try this procedure because it is my only chance at survival. If it was terminal I would probably research more about the procedure and figure something out the success rate.
ReplyDelete-spencer hyatt
This reflects the progress in the medical field which is amazing. We will probably be able to cure diseases like cancer... However, we need to be careful to respect our ethics.
ReplyDeleteJulien
Although CRISPR technology is beneficial personally i would not want my cells to be altered unless of course it was necessary to survive
ReplyDelete-Matt Alley
I feel that a Negative affect would be the obvious back fire of the technology and instead of curing it would do harm. I would personally not wanted to be tested on because I am not a person to rely 100% on technology, But there is a possibility that this could work.
ReplyDelete-Nyah E.
CRISPR is a very interesting technology. It has the potential to radically change our world, curing diseases, increasing lifespan, and just overall making us healthier people. The problem is that CRISPR is a new technology and also very difficult to use, which means that access to the technology in its' early years will be limited to very few people. If CRISPR is used wisely, and everyone is given access who needs it, I believe CRISPR could be the biggest thing since the computer.
ReplyDelete-Henry K.
I thought it was very interesting learning that a machine can replicate a humans DNA. I thought it would be very hard to nearly impossible to replicate a humans DNA with a machine. Very interesting!
ReplyDelete~Trevor G.
This is a good presentation. I don't really know much else about it so I can't add anything - Ethan Benoist
ReplyDeleteit's cool that science and medicine are able to come to come together to create things like this that could save lives - aubrey k
ReplyDeleteThis is really awesome! I feel like we are getting closer to immortality every day and this just might push us one bit further! I wonder if this could knock out cancer for good one day!
ReplyDeletejahanvi
ReplyDeleteI think that this will really help if this can be improved because at some point it also have side effects than having all benefits.