Hiv

Cancer

Old age..

stopping you right there, cancer and mortality can't be genetically coded out

that's not how biology works

you literally have to replace the telomeres on the ends of old cells and that's not possible with crispr

I know the basics

I study telomeres

Right now

Ageing isn't fully connected to telomeres.

Cellular senility is

^

That is basically death of old age

and a cause of cancer

Didn't know cells had padded slippers.

I know there must a workaround

I don't see it yet

But there is

you'd have to invent a system that doubles the amount of telomeric material during cellular division

Golden pheonix, it is a one cause for certain cancers, others it's because the actual DNA structure has folded in upon itself.

I mean... nanos?

Perhaps

Rouqen, more possible then CRISPR in that regards yes.

yes, but what I'm saying is that you can't genetically modify out telomeric decay, so death and cancer are inevitabilities

at least as far as crispr goes

I need to look into the formation of telomeres

At conception

That can potentially be increased

To live longer

At least that

(I may be wrong) but I believe that the full set of telomeres is stored during meiosis for the egg

that definitely needs a fact check, but that's what's in my brain from somewhere in high school biology

Modifing telomerase..?

Longer life

maybe

That actually sounds doable on a living organism

However, my major problem isn't getting rid of congenital disease, my girlfriend has several and I see how it's ruining her life. My problem is the idea that SOME might decide to use it cosmetically on their child before they're even born.

that's what I find to be completely immoral

cosmetic changes on kids are gross

If you are adult do any mods

but don't force it on kids