Jordan comments on CRISPR opens up new genetic engineering potential - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jordan 19 November 2013 08:24:14AM 0 points [-]

I'm very curious how many genes can be targeted usefully. One paper succeeded in targeting 5 simultaneously in a mouse model. Given the purported accuracy that is already game changing, but if we can do 100 or 200 then maybe we can do more than merely eliminate some simple single gene disorders.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 19 November 2013 06:58:59PM 1 point [-]

100 is much smaller than genetic load.