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Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment

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1168 points jbredeche | 4 comments | 15 May 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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javiramos ◴[15 May 25 20:04 UTC] No.43998761[source]▶
Research funded by the NIH which our government is actively gutting
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jmcgough ◴[15 May 25 20:16 UTC] No.43998880[source]▶
Yep, this effort is the culmination of 50 years of research. Could be the last harrah of the NIH with the amount of cuts we've had and the scientists who are taking jobs in other countries.
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declan_roberts ◴[15 May 25 20:42 UTC] No.43999141[source]▶
Unfortunately a staggering amount of research in other countries is largely funded by the NIH/USA.
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1. jordanpg ◴[15 May 25 21:08 UTC] No.43999363[source]▶
And so what?
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2. lenerdenator ◴[15 May 25 21:27 UTC] No.43999495[source]▶
That means that it's not going to happen anymore.

Unless those other countries step up and fund it themselves.

They might. They might not.

3. mmooss ◴[16 May 25 06:10 UTC] No.44002279[source]▶
Indeed - does it matter who performed the research? If the CRISPR reasearch were performed in another country, would that change the outcome for the infant?
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4. lentil_soup ◴[16 May 25 07:46 UTC] No.44002786[source]▶
It was indeed researched by a combination of countries and institutions