Post #2915229
2026-01-06 14:26 UTC
>Testing DNA destroys the cells you're testing, so if you test enough cells in a human embryo to be sure that the edits worked, it dies.
I feel like we're ignoring the obvious solution here. Stick the kids with an AIDS needle and see what happens! /s
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@AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2026-01-06 15:24
That tests the AIDS immunity, but not whether there are off-target edits. IIRC, the mothers were all HIV-positive, so the children are all pretty likely to be exposed anyway, which was part of how he justified the experiment to himself.