The Decision making and CRISPR: Who owns my genes?
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CRISPR/Cas9, gene editing, decision making, bioethicsAbstract
Decision making derives from the activity of cortical neurons in the brain. A healthy person is able to make its own decisions –on a daily basis- even when these involve changing its body. CRISPR/Cas9 biotechnology gives the opportunity to edit the genome of eukaryote and prokaryote cells, opening the possibility to every individual to modify its own genome based on its own decision. However, this theme is highly controversial yet all the scientific information available that suggest the potential benefits of CRISPR/Cas9 to treat diseases and to develop new alternatives for the bio-industries. This news approaches some features of the topic decision making upon CRISPR/Cas9 technology as intended to edit human cells and explains the basic concepts of this outstanding-edge molecular technique.
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