{"id":27262,"date":"2018-10-23T12:41:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27262"},"modified":"2018-10-23T12:41:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:11:39","slug":"editing-our-genes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/editing-our-genes\/","title":{"rendered":"Editing our genes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/editing-our-genes\/article25040802.ece\">Editing our genes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bioethicists have expressed concern over the clinical application of gene editing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>\u00a0About Gene Editing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to change an organism&#8217;s DNA by allowing genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular locations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>3<strong>. About CRISPR-Cas9 system<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR) and associated protein 9 (Cas9) is faster, cheaper, more accurate and more efficient than other existing genome editing methods.<\/li>\n<li>It is adapted from a naturally occurring genome editing system in bacteria.<\/li>\n<li>It acts like a pair of molecular scissors (by enzymes like Cas9) and snips the two DNA strands at a specific location and modify gene function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong> Benefits of Gene editing tools:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Gene editing tool has transformed medical research by removing a faulty gene at embryonic stage.<\/li>\n<li>Recently China used a variation of Crispr to correct Marfan Syndrome, an inherited disorder that affects connective tissue.<\/li>\n<li>In 2017, American biologists used Crispr to repair a genetic mutation that could cause a deadly heart condition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>Concerns of Gene editing:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Health issues: <\/strong>Studies have shown that edited cells can lack a cancer suppressing protein which can raise new fatal health concerns in future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ethical concerns: <\/strong>Bioethicists fear abuse of gene editing, not just by misguided governments hoping to create a \u2018superior\u2019 race, but also by the private sector preying on a parent\u2019s desire to create a perfect child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editing our genes News: Bioethicists have expressed concern over the clinical application of gene editing. Important Facts: \u00a0About Gene Editing It is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to change an organism&#8217;s DNA by allowing genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular locations. 3. About CRISPR-Cas9 system The clustered&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/editing-our-genes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Editing our genes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704942498},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}