Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life
The Next Big Idea
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The Future of mRNA
Crisper pioneer Feng Zhong just published a paper in which he found the protein by using alpha fold this AI program that solves protein folding issues. He took that and he found a particular protein that he can send around in it's sort of like a syringe. It will go to any cell and a human or other in any animal that has a nucleus is and it will inject what you wanted to inject into the cell. And it seems to do so with great accuracy and without any sort of off target issues that CRISPR has struggled with, that has the potential for all sorts of treatments and preventatives. I think we'll see a real assault on other infectious diseases and a real
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