2007 Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine

[blackangst1]

I really dont know what I think about this other than its creepy. Now, I dont wish a downs kid, or a kid with diabetes on anyone; however, with this technology the idea of ordering off a menu seems closer than we think. Yeah I know we have a ways to go, but its still creepy.

DNA Knockout Innovation Wins Medical Nobel

Gene targeting, a pervasive technology that allows scientists to isolate, modify and recombine mouse DNA, got its name in lights this morning when its three creators won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine. Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies revolutionized the power to ?knock out? individual genes, which has allowed pathologists to better understand diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and cystic fibrosis for close to 20 years.

By isolating embryonic stem cells, Evans discovered how to introduce DNA changes into mothers and create genetically modified mouse offspring. Capecchi and Smithies, in turn, figured out how to combine certain molecules and target specific genes for ?knockout mice.? To date, over 10,000 mouse genes have been isolated; that?s roughly half the entire genome of the species, with the rest targeted for the very near future.

/shiver

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: blackangst1
I really dont know what I think about this other than its creepy.

Now, I dont wish a downs kid, or a kid with diabetes on anyone; however, with this technology the idea of ordering off a menu seems closer than we think. Yeah I know we have a ways to go, but its still creepy.

DNA Knockout Innovation Wins Medical Nobel

Gene targeting, a pervasive technology that allows scientists to isolate, modify and recombine mouse DNA, got its name in lights this morning when its three creators won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine. Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies revolutionized the power to ?knock out? individual genes, which has allowed pathologists to better understand diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and cystic fibrosis for close to 20 years.

By isolating embryonic stem cells, Evans discovered how to introduce DNA changes into mothers and create genetically modified mouse offspring. Capecchi and Smithies, in turn, figured out how to combine certain molecules and target specific genes for ?knockout mice.? To date, over 10,000 mouse genes have been isolated; that?s roughly half the entire genome of the species, with the rest targeted for the very near future.

/shiver

I expect the religious righties to be scared of science.

No surprise here.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Politicians will now be able to breed a more docile population. What a boon to mankind.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Politicians will now be able to breed a more docile population.

What a boon to mankind.

I'm all for it if they do it to Rush's buds. :laugh:

 

[Rainsford]

What is it about this that makes it creepy or bad? It's just the latest evolution of the field of medicine...modifying our bodies BEFORE we are born is really not that much different than modifying our bodies AFTER we've come into the world. Smallpox is the natural way to do things, but I don't see anyone mourning its passing...what's so different about doing the same for genetic ailments?

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: Rainsford
What is it about this that makes it creepy or bad? It's just the latest evolution of the field of medicine...modifying our bodies BEFORE we are born is really not that much different than modifying our bodies AFTER we've come into the world. Smallpox is the natural way to do things, but I don't see anyone mourning its passing...what's so different about doing the same for genetic ailments?

I always picture the Australopithicenes having this conversation.

 

[Jamie571]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Politicians will now be able to breed a more docile population. What a boon to mankind.

Oh brave new world.

 

[imported_Shivetya]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Politicians will now be able to breed a more docile population. What a boon to mankind.

cheaper for them to buy off the current ones with other people's hard earned money