I'm never going to be able to afford this but it's nice to know someday somebody might.
this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2024
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Interesting, tempting to seek something like this for my weird ass arthritis but being young and the risk of oncogenesis with this plus the simple fact that we know so little about autoimmune disorders and they are so incredibly heterogenous and individual, it seems there is a lot of room for things to backfire with genetic manipulation. Nonetheless I applaud these efforts and hope it leads to more discovery and relief.
I keep an eye on these types of treatments. Type 1 diabetes being autoimmune and all.
So far, I'm putting it in the bucket with all the other "cure is just 5 years away" things we hear about.
It's promising, and neat it's worked in these cases, but I remain skeptical. Twice over as it appears to be research from China, who doesn't have the best track record for robust scientific integrity. We'll see how repeatable this stuff is soon enough.