2y ago

The world's 1st CRISPR therapy has been approved. Here's everything you need to know

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Can’t wait to see what bullshit conspiracy theory people make up about this like 5g causing cancer or vaccines autism lol
You can't afford it. That's really all you need to know.
- You can’t afford it now. This tech is going to be something people can do in their sheds within a decade.
- you can't afford in in USA you mean?
Exa-cel, also known by its brand name Casgevy, received its first regulatory approval on Nov. 16, 2023 from the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to treat two debilitating blood disorders: sickle-cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later approved the therapy as a treatment for both disorders.
Now lets watch this technology become prohibitively expensive unless you plunge into a millionaire debt.
- It's prohibitively expensive now because it's new. Why do you think it will only get more expensive?
  
  Because capitalism and corporations don't care about the progress of humanity, they only care about making more money.

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