• SoylentBlake@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I can’t wait until crispr files get pirated and spread across the web. A few hundreds bucks in lab equipment to grow a culture, spin a centrifuge and bam! Remember, take your modified DNA milkshake with food.

    But beyond crispr, 3d printing DNA, if not already possible, has got to be around the corner. The files might be huge, but it’s just another 3 shades and a toner, we know how to do that.

    And regardless how sweet that’d be, Id still be pissed off if it hypothetically came with a forced subscription. Will I need to hack those to remove the telemetry as well? cuz let me tell ya, I’m getting really good at that. Lots of practice lately. Defense catches up, all im saying.

    • AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      The basic functioning of crispr, including sequences, is public knowledge already. The difficult part is turning that into a functional gene editing system that doesn’t give everyone cancer. A few hundred bucks might get you one semi-functional used centrifuge, it definitely will not provide a whole lab any time in the next several decades. More importantly, it won’t pay the people who know how to develop functional and safe gene editing tech.

      We can synthesize DNA and there are even really cool projects that have used it to build complex 3D nanostructures, but idk what you’re talking about with 3 shades and a toner. DNA synthesis and 3D printing are very different, and the former doesn’t use shades or toner.