DIY Crispr - edit your genome yourself, at home!

**Peterski** · 02-17-2018, 03:58 PM

"I want to help humans genetically modify themselves":

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...ispr-interview

"Mail-Order CRISPR Kits Allow Absolutely Anyone to Hack DNA":

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...e-to-hack-dna/

**Peterski** · 02-17-2018, 04:05 PM

More about CRISPR technology:

**Peterski** · 02-17-2018, 04:10 PM

**Dandelion** · 02-17-2018, 04:42 PM

I'm fine with my genetics myself. L21 is still R1b.

**ovidiu** · 02-17-2018, 04:45 PM

Highly disconcerting. This guy comes across like he doesn't fully know what he's doing.

I think things like this can have potential when it comes to avoiding certain diseases and things. But I worry that people will take it too far, or for the wrong reasons. Everyone talks about "designer babies" and such, but I think it can go further than that, and a lot of people can even harm themselves.

I also didn't know you could edit genes in a fully grown person like that. I figured it was just for developing embryos. That's interesting.