Hirom comments on Transgenic cows boost human insulin production by 10X

Transgenic cows boost human insulin production by 10X (newatlas.com)

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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

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