Anything exciting going on in your field of work this year? Or breakthroughs in science, new technologies developed, things like that.
Anything exciting going on in your field of work this year? Or breakthroughs in science, new technologies developed, things like that.
The first CRISPR gene editing treatment for sickle cell disease was approved. An amazing start to what I hope is a future of cures for various genetic diseases.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-cure-sickle-cell-disease-first-treatment-use-gene-editing-rcna127979
The FDA also approved the world’s first RSV vaccine. If you’ve noticed a lot of ad-campaigns for it this year, that’s why.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-vaccine
I don’t want to be that one person who ruins everything, but there are still so many questions and worries past all the hype. Long story short, DNA can sense when it’s modified, and it doesn’t react well in the patient and especially in future generations (genetic disconnection being a part of the gist of how cancer works).