Re: Watson "The Man With the Glowing Chest" 3/9/2025 (spoilers)

[snip]

CRISPR is actually way, way, too easy to set up.  Not quite
as simple as the Hollywood version, but suffice to say every
biologist looking at the Big Picture cringes at what could
happen if a Bond Villain decides to get involved.

Oh, and yes, this really does seem to be a miracle treatment
for Sickle Cell patients.  There was a puff piece about
five years ago on Sixty Minutes, and they actually pulled
that once per decade valid story.

Way, *WAY*, too expensive and very limited supply.  There
was talk last year, pre-election, of getting it the same
Special Casing in Medicare that "End Stage Renal Disease",
aka ESRD, aka kidney dialysis and transplant... gets, but,
well, that was before the election.


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