Gene therapy seems most suited to diseases caused by single-gene mutations where repairing the mutation cures the disease. I think also it will be almost entirely somatic, not germline modification, for societal acceptance. I expect it to continue to be extremely expensive and high-touch.
Not recognized as a disability by society (for aid/legal), not bad enough just to cut out the problem chunks of colon, but i still can't live a productive life. I'm so tired of struggling to keep the career that funds my treatment.
Work is all I barely have the energy for and the rest of the time is sleeping or cooking.
Somebody at some point has to be a test subject.
God only knows if he's introduced a carcinogenic gene mutation, or if the effects will last. This is the exact thing proper studies examine.
“inflammatory bowel disease linked to gene”
Researchers identify major driver of inflammatory bowel and related diseases
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