World’s first gene-edited spider produces red fluorescent silk
World’s first gene-edited spider produces red fluorescent silk
For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this molecular tool has been applied to plants, animals, and even bacteria. But until now, no one has used…
Some spooky thoughts about it also there are already glow in a dark domestic flowers, and myself using florescent tape
Well it's about time. The attic could use a little panache.
Lil guy’s got panache comin out the wazoo, literally
So where do we go to get bit? For Uncle Ben.
Exactly what I thought when I first mis-read it as "gene-editing" instead of "gene-edited" and thought Spiderman!
Using fluorescent proteins is a first step because it is easy to verify that the transgene is expressed where you want it to be expressed.
I don't want no trans genes in my spiders! I thought trump was getting rid of DEI!
Can we gene edit ticks to not carry diseases? Same with skitters please!
Why not edit them to be sterile eventually. Do they really provide a real benefit?
I see no way this could possibly go wrong.
Yeah, what if it bites someone. That could end up causing a mutation in them that gives them spider powers. Like some sort of man-spider that would be a menace to society.
Look I wish we were at the point where we could make unspeakable horrors even if only on accidents, it would make the field I am studying a lot lot lot more fun!
Gene editing is rllllly not scawy if you look into it, only the same folks rage against it who fear wind turbines and deny global warming
What happens if it bites a human? Also, unrelated, how would I get access to be bitten by the spider?
So, when this results in a new Spider-Man, he can weave his own outfit?
Only when we also get the same spider to make blue as well.
I imagine someone pitched spider man shooting red and blue webs in the early 2000s, was shot down for that being unrealistic, and now feels super vindicated
I feel like I should be horrified by this. And yet, I think it's pretty cool.
Some spooky thoughts about it also there are already glow in a dark domestic flowers
OMG if we can get glow in the dark spider silk so I can avoid walking through them in the summertime near our garage door that would be great.
The Ghormins will be very interested in their careers.
Now if only we could gene-edit article writers to include photos of the thing in question. Where's the red, fluorescent silk?
It's almost time for Spider Man in real life! Can you see it on the horizon? It will be outlined by the eerie red glow of spiderwebs.
Why can't we just modify fruit flys instead
Yeah so they kamikaze
Jeez, and here I am reading Jurassic Park.