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CRISPR used to remove extra chromosomes in Down syndrome and restore cell function (www.earth.com)
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[+] -18 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

*In mice

God I’m kinda sick of the clickbait headlines

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    This research was conducted on four human induced pluripotent stem cell lines:

    In our previous work, we generated a trisomy 21 iPS cell line derived from skin fibroblasts and three induced disomy iPS cell lines with different combinations of HSA21 (ΔP, ΔM1, and ΔM2) using the chromosome elimination technique

    Here's the previous work

    How did you even come to the conclusion mice were involved? Mice aren't mentioned anywhere

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well they're not allowed to splice up human kid's dna. If your child had something believed curable through this method would you sign them up for it?

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