“inflammatory bowel disease linked to gene”
Researchers identify major driver of inflammatory bowel and related diseases
[178 points - 7 hours ago - 66 comments]
Gene therapy seems most suited to diseases caused by single-gene mutations where repairing the mutation cures the disease. I think also it will be almost entirely somatic, not germline modification, for societal acceptance. I expect it to continue to be extremely expensive and high-touch.
Not recognized as a disability by society (for aid/legal), not bad enough just to cut out the problem chunks of colon, but i still can't live a productive life. I'm so tired of struggling to keep the career that funds my treatment.
Work is all I barely have the energy for and the rest of the time is sleeping or cooking.
Somebody at some point has to be a test subject.
God only knows if he's introduced a carcinogenic gene mutation, or if the effects will last. This is the exact thing proper studies examine.
