▲ 58 ▼ Transgenic cows boost human insulin production by 10X (newatlas.com) submitted 2 years ago by admin@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (5 children) Next, could we boost diabetic people's insulin production? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) Selectively breeding and cloning genetically modified humans, is kind of frowned upon... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Indeed. I'm thinking of CRISPR/Cas9 which is a genetic editing method, which is more ethical. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Editing genes is incredibly complex. Changes to one gene can affect many seemingly unrelated systems. That's why they choose their targets very carefully. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it can potentially work only for genetic decease. I'm not sure any type of diabetes would qualify. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah type 1 is an immune response and type 2 is a lack of production. So with 2 you could maybe up insulin production genetically. But that seems like a risky game haha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) Selectively breeding and cloning genetically modified humans, is kind of frowned upon... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Indeed. I'm thinking of CRISPR/Cas9 which is a genetic editing method, which is more ethical. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Editing genes is incredibly complex. Changes to one gene can affect many seemingly unrelated systems. That's why they choose their targets very carefully. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it can potentially work only for genetic decease. I'm not sure any type of diabetes would qualify. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah type 1 is an immune response and type 2 is a lack of production. So with 2 you could maybe up insulin production genetically. But that seems like a risky game haha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Indeed. I'm thinking of CRISPR/Cas9 which is a genetic editing method, which is more ethical. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Editing genes is incredibly complex. Changes to one gene can affect many seemingly unrelated systems. That's why they choose their targets very carefully. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it can potentially work only for genetic decease. I'm not sure any type of diabetes would qualify. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah type 1 is an immune response and type 2 is a lack of production. So with 2 you could maybe up insulin production genetically. But that seems like a risky game haha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Editing genes is incredibly complex. Changes to one gene can affect many seemingly unrelated systems. That's why they choose their targets very carefully. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it can potentially work only for genetic decease. I'm not sure any type of diabetes would qualify. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah type 1 is an immune response and type 2 is a lack of production. So with 2 you could maybe up insulin production genetically. But that seems like a risky game haha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it can potentially work only for genetic decease. I'm not sure any type of diabetes would qualify. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah type 1 is an immune response and type 2 is a lack of production. So with 2 you could maybe up insulin production genetically. But that seems like a risky game haha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah type 1 is an immune response and type 2 is a lack of production. So with 2 you could maybe up insulin production genetically. But that seems like a risky game haha permalink fedilink source parent