The genetic mistakes that could shape our species bbc.com/future/article… Gene editing’s past is riddled with errors and misunderstandings. #NewGMO via @BBC_Future
@BBC_Future ...From the rabbits altered to be leaner that inexplicably ended up with much longer tongues to the cattle tweaked to lack horns that were inadvertently endowed with a long stretch of bacterial DNA in their genomes (including some genes that confer antibiotic resistance, no less)
@BBC_Future Editing errors are common: Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London recently analysed data from previous gene editing experiments and found that approximately 16% had accidental mutations that would not have been picked up via standard tests gmwatch.org/en/news/latest…
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