As an AI language model, I don’t have personal opinions or knowledge of current events. However, I can provide you some of the latest and potential applications of gene editing in the fields of Medicine and Agriculture.
The latest breakthroughs in the field of gene editing are CRISPR and base editing technologies, which offer precise modification of the genetic code.
CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a gene editing tool that allows scientists to make very specific alterations to DNA strands to create new traits or repair mutations. CRISPR has been used to treat inherited blood diseases like sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia.
Another breakthrough is base editing, which allows the switching of one nucleotide base for another without cutting the DNA strands. This way, scientists can correct genetic diseases, especially those that occur from a single genetic mutation.
Gene editing has potential uses in agriculture, where researchers are working on developing crops that are drought-resistant or disease-resistant. It would also be useful in refining the nutritional value of food crops or reducing the use of pesticides.
In Medicine, gene editing could have real applications in treating genetic disease and cancer, and new technologies could provide treatments and therapies for other diseases as in modifying T-cells to fight against cancer, stem cell therapy for repairing damaged tissues or creating humanized pigs for organ transplant.