12. "people have been talking about gene therapy for a long time" In response to Reply # 2
Using modified viruses to alter the host/patient's own DNA isnt a new concept. The targeting scheme they talk about is interesting, but not necessarily revolutionary.
And for my money the Human Genome Project holds the honor you speak of. There is none of this without that.
13. "maybe to those within the scientific community" In response to Reply # 12
but this is extending past those parameters no? making the idea and treatment more of the national conversation instead of just chemo/radiation or changing diet and exercise. it also seems to be moving past the testing phase
14. "this is definitely true" In response to Reply # 13
>making the >idea and treatment more of the national conversation instead >of just chemo/radiation or changing diet and exercise.
Hopefully this will direct more funding their way. Im also hopeful that this stays away from Big Pharm. But copyrighted gene sequencing seems inevitable
>it also >seems to be moving past the testing phase
Well more like into a different phase. How these patients' WBCs behave post treatment will be monitored for years, maybe even decades. They dont want to find out that these genes get expressed inappropriately 20 years after it becomes a standard of care. Lots of reasons for optimism tho, I hope i didnt convey otherwise.
But copyrighted >gene sequencing seems inevitable > wait, what? what's the logic behind that?
>>it also >>seems to be moving past the testing phase > >Well more like into a different phase. How these patients' >WBCs behave post treatment will be monitored for years, maybe >even decades. They dont want to find out that these genes get >expressed inappropriately 20 years after it becomes a standard >of care. Lots of reasons for optimism tho, I hope i didnt >convey otherwise. > hmm ok
16. "re: copyrighted gene sequencing" In response to Reply # 15
The specific genetic material being put into this modified viruses had to be engineered with markers and such.
As gene therapy moves into the mainstream, the specific DNA/RNA sequence that a given condition requires will be standardized. Best case scenario is that they end up in GenBank for unlimited public use. Worst case scenario is that developers are allowed to register those sequences as proprietary and charge for their use.
Given that, my general cynicism leads me to believe the latter is more likely than the former.
even in the short doc one of the scientist/doctors who seems to be curing Lukemia with parts of the Aids virus ran out of funding and spoke about how big pharm is an issue. I may be projecting on the latter part.
24. "haven't watched the whole thing but..." In response to Reply # 0
the word 'cure' is something i have serious hesitation on. this purely froom a lay perspective based on a single experience and the information the doctors provided in that. but yeah my issue is that all the focus is on curing something that's happened without the focus on how it arrived to that point and preventing that. of course we want to help the folk that contract it but going forward it would seem preventing it would be far better than curing it. curing it is profit motivated, while preventing it, well that would just be logical.
my primary example of this (which i mention and indeed reply because the genome is talked about above) is that they won't do genome maps of folk until the have a full blown cancer. but if you know there are x, y, and z conditions which lead to cancer why wouldn't you want to genome map those patients too to figure out what's causing those and how to prevent them from becoming cancer. answer the doctors provide - it's too expensive to do unless as a last resort.
it's just backwards thinking from my perspective and setting back progress far more than anything else and not for politics or anythig like that but becase a cure for cancer is the fucking golden ticket $$$$.
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