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Gene editing without CRISPR -- private equity raises $127 million
Tech Review warns of a possible investment scam?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608749/in-a-sign-of-gene-editing-frenzy-startup-pitches-editing-without-crispr/ [technologyreview.com]
Having something better than CRISPR would be high-impact. But Homology’s scientific results aren’t yet widely accepted. In fact, several scientists told MIT Technology Review that they believe the claims are probably wrong.
“What’s surprising is this company raised so much money on something thought to be untrue in the scientific community,” says David Russell, a researcher at the University of Washington, in Seattle. “I think there is just a gene-editing frenzy.”
Something about specially designed viruses that don't have to "slash open" human genes to change them. Sounds like something the herd (Wall St speculators) would be happy to get behind.
