If I understand TFA the gene being edited codes for an enzyme that sufferers lack. This is pretty much the simplest level of genetic manipulation and anything much above that I suspect would have to be done in utero to be effective. There's so much interdependence among systems within an organism I doubt we are anywhere near (centuries perhaps) tinkering with fully developed beings to change their attributes. It just doesn't work like star trek where "altering your dna" turns you from a human to a frog.
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If by edgy you mean only marginally acceptable for reading pdfs and otherwise completely nonfunctional anywhere but MSN
Didn't someone find all the ET cartridges in a landfill a few years ago, that should net them gas money at least
You really should leave the compound more often
Wait I didn't see slashdot in this list...
If I understand TFA the gene being edited codes for an enzyme that sufferers lack. This is pretty much the simplest level of genetic manipulation and anything much above that I suspect would have to be done in utero to be effective. There's so much interdependence among systems within an organism I doubt we are anywhere near (centuries perhaps) tinkering with fully developed beings to change their attributes. It just doesn't work like star trek where "altering your dna" turns you from a human to a frog.