Excellnt post on an exciting development in gene therapy! I really appreciate your well-informed perspectives and reporting. I have read many of your books and articles, and I am really looking forward to reading Bird, Sex, and Beauty. Thank you for promoting rationality in a world full of chaos.
Thanks for the great description, and yes a pox on crappy science reporting. My biggest annoyance is the lead paragraphs which say nothing, unless it is something like "Leading scientists say this is a great discovery", and the next paragraph is a scientist who they quote saying, "This is a great discovery." Gosh thanks.
I have long had a vision of the future where every bathroom either has sensors on toilets, or has a sensor on the counter, where you insert your finger, a laser samples your blood, an almost instant analysis checks for signs of cancer or COVID or ordinary colds, and 5 seconds later you've got a pill to take. No need for invasive surgery, except for physical damage like weapon wounds or accidental injuries. 50 years, maybe. 100 years, I am sure of it. And it would include general DNA analysis like this one, although perhaps only once at birth and not necessary in the daily finger blood check.
This is such an exciting breakthrough! And I so agree with you in your frustration of mainstream publications who dumb down the science too much. Thank you for including those details.
This is exciting! Great post.
Excellent exposition of an extremely complex and important topic.
I love this:
"I find a lot of science journalism frustrating because it deliberately leaves out such details, thinking they would baffle the reader"
Great explanation, that ordinary folk can understand.
Thank you Matt, wonderful news indeed and a reminder of the power of human innovation
It is an exciting time to be alive! I hope we don’t give up on funding medical trials and research.
Here are some of the most recent developments:
https://www.nature.com/subjects/biotechnology
I wish they could decipher the code to misfolded proteins in Parkinson's disease and reverse it.
Please keep these inspiring innovations coming. You are doing a great job.
That's amazing to edit all the liver cells! A.I., protein topology, and technology like CRISPr will I'm sure revolutionize medicine.
Excellnt post on an exciting development in gene therapy! I really appreciate your well-informed perspectives and reporting. I have read many of your books and articles, and I am really looking forward to reading Bird, Sex, and Beauty. Thank you for promoting rationality in a world full of chaos.
The FDA was involved in this therapy. I wonder if they still have the capacity to support research like this??
Wonderful news.
They can do this, but they can't find a way to selectively kill the dandelion.
What's wrong with dandelions?
Nothing's wrong with the redwood tree, but you don't want one growing through the middle of your home.
This is amazing!
Thanks for the great description, and yes a pox on crappy science reporting. My biggest annoyance is the lead paragraphs which say nothing, unless it is something like "Leading scientists say this is a great discovery", and the next paragraph is a scientist who they quote saying, "This is a great discovery." Gosh thanks.
I have long had a vision of the future where every bathroom either has sensors on toilets, or has a sensor on the counter, where you insert your finger, a laser samples your blood, an almost instant analysis checks for signs of cancer or COVID or ordinary colds, and 5 seconds later you've got a pill to take. No need for invasive surgery, except for physical damage like weapon wounds or accidental injuries. 50 years, maybe. 100 years, I am sure of it. And it would include general DNA analysis like this one, although perhaps only once at birth and not necessary in the daily finger blood check.
This is such an exciting breakthrough! And I so agree with you in your frustration of mainstream publications who dumb down the science too much. Thank you for including those details.