Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhy is DNA in a helix? And since we've known about it for a while how come we can't gene edit? If a kid is 90 percent going to be not "normal" then edit the gene and give him or her the best shot?message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down115
arrow-up1-9arrow-down1message-squareWhy is DNA in a helix? And since we've known about it for a while how come we can't gene edit? If a kid is 90 percent going to be not "normal" then edit the gene and give him or her the best shot?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareMistiygirl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agofym “normal”? But also we can DNA Edit, using CRISPER CAS 9, just not that big of parts. Things like Down Syndrome are caused by a whole missing or extra chromosome which we can’t do.
minus-squareMistiygirl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days ago“fym” means “fuck you mean”, essentially saying “what you said is kind of stupid”
fym “normal”? But also we can DNA Edit, using CRISPER CAS 9, just not that big of parts. Things like Down Syndrome are caused by a whole missing or extra chromosome which we can’t do.
What’s FYM?
“fym” means “fuck you mean”, essentially saying “what you said is kind of stupid”