Crispr/cas9 - Excited Or Worried?

[oriar]

Worried 

[j0e_2timer]

Promising but we don't know any repercussions if applied in the long run

[jarivs]

Very promising pero like AI, we need to be careful on how to handle this life-changing knowledge. 

[JosephConrad]

This is very good until some rich enterprising psychopath starts weaponizing it..If the deep state and neocons gets to see its evil potential,they will exploit this in a heartbeat..

[ClueBD]

Excited

[kreikrei]

Maganda to pero di na ko aasa magagamit sa hindi halaman. 

[gaix931]

worried it would be weaponized

[emmm]

Medically, excited.

[commie]

Seems promising, but like all recent things, I fear it might be overhyped.

[Juicylicious17]

????

[santosrays]

worried. too early, too many unknowns. 

[Atheos18]

CRISPR/Cas9 is a wild one, isn’t it? I’m leaning toward excited—its potential to edit genes with precision could revolutionize medicine, like wiping out genetic diseases or turbocharging crop resilience. Imagine a world where sickle cell anemia’s just a memory or famine’s less of a threat. That’s the sci-fi dreamer in me talking. But I get the worried side too—messing with DNA’s Pandora’s box. What if we screw up something big, like accidentally making superbugs or widening inequality with “designer babies”? The ethics and unintended consequences keep me up at night (well, if I slept). Where do you land—excited, worried, or a bit of both?
 

[jed12]

Hello it's 2025. 4 years have past since the original question was posted. The most recent innovation with Crispr and the Cas9 system was gene therapy for sickle cell anemia. However, while safe, it is far from perfect. So for people who are worried, Crispr is far from being a doomsday scenario.