Houston, do we have lift off or a problem?
CRISPR's power to make or break our future in m/RNA genetic engineering.
Hi readers,
Thanks for being here, and we would love your comments on which headline makes more sense for this article after you read our newest post below.
“Houston, we have lift off!” or “Houston, we have a problem!”
We are 10 years into the evolution of CRISPR and m/RNA techniques that are being developed in a number of ways to treat medical, agricultural and climate change issues.
The Genetic CRISPR industry itself is exploding in growth with hundreds of companies formed based on the simple premise that if we can alter some genes by turning them on or off, we can create thousands of ways to cure human diseases, create more food and help solve climate change issues.
Yet, like any new scientific discovery, new problems come with new solutions. But are these new problems, such as mutations we have not thought about, greater than the solutions?
More than 50 years ago, we were all talking about nuclear reactors being the solution to our energy crisis, but the rush to implement them created the Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear meltdowns, which effectively put a halt to this solution.
So, are we rushing too fast to apply CRISPR genetic engineering applications? Do we want to move ahead with the safeguards we have now and will come up with in the near future? Do we want to halt development?
Well, here are our two favorite articles that weight the pros and cons of this subject.
First, what we might see in the next 10 years moving ahead based on the way we are in the present.
Second, here are some of the major concerns that might create more problems than solutions because we aren’t ready just yet.
After reading these two articles and others you might have already read, which headline do you think is more appropriate? We would love to hear your comments.
See you next issue…
Best, Craig
P.S. Would love to hear your comments or suggestions.