triffid_boy t1_ithf427 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Research shows stem cell-derived neurons from combat veterans with and without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) provide insights into how genetics can make someone more susceptible to developing PTSD following trauma exposure by Wagamaga
How would knocking out genes help?
Impossible-Winter-94 t1_ithqas8 wrote
they don't know, just spouting off bs
[deleted] t1_ithuy7z wrote
crispr doesn't just knock out genes
triffid_boy t1_itih9pb wrote
No, it causes an indel, which typically knocks out genes. Various modifications to it exist to make use of the cuts to insert a gene, but Crispr is just a technique for cutting DNA in a precise location.
[deleted] t1_itikd2z wrote
yes, in this way we can cut substitue or repair genes that causing troubles
f it's useless then nobody should have gotten a nobel why do i aleays here mixed expplanation mechanisms on crispr? looks like is both usels and both the most useful tool ever created
one thing is sure
we can't even cure dematitis imagine what we can do with mental disorders , just locking ill people in hospital thinking they <are wrong and do nothing for them
hahaha that's peak humanity i hate you all
triffid_boy t1_itimb7u wrote
Never said it was useless. It's awesome, I use it in the lab. But It's not a cure-all. We can't just "Crispr it" when we identify even a single gene trait genotype caused a certain disease.
[deleted] t1_itinnzh wrote
>er said it was useless. It's awesome, I use it in the lab. But It's not a cure-all. We can't just "Crispr it" when we identify even a single gene trait gen
what's the problem? i'm not sadly a chemist or a genetic engineer
but sure i need it because my life is fucked up
triffid_boy t1_itk6tuf wrote
Because all these disease associated genes have functions, we can't just knock them out, they have important work to do. The disease associate variants are just that, a variant of a healthy version of the same gene, which could be all sorts of different things, too much/little expression (Crispr won't do anything here), or a mutation that changes the protein (Crispr might do something here with a lot of additional tinkering).
The other problem is delivery. It's relatively easy in a dish, but doing it to every cell in the body is essentially impossible. If the disease exists in, or can be fixed by modifying, an accessible cell type like say circulating immune cells, then that's the first target for medicine. See for example car-t cells.
[deleted] t1_itkgnb3 wrote
i feel that crispr is completely useless and the only thing that could save our future generations from genetic disease is sadly eugenics, sad to say but if we keep reproducing humanity will face a slow death before everyone suffered disparity
i just need an hair loss cure and and an autism cure i'm just 20 my life is ruined and i'm contemplating suicide i guess it' inevitable now and i am also predisposed to dementia and diabetes and i'm already getting blind
my life is ruined
i don't want to face an inevitable destiny, i can't run from what my parents set, what is the point in living a written destiny
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