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by dghughes 2198 days ago
I like how evolution if you can call it that figured out first that fetal haemoglobin mitigated the problem.

The fix used CRISPR (and a gene engine?) to implement the fix on other people.

It's like version 2 of what human bodies figured out first naturally.

This sounds like something that my dad or other people with COPD/IPF could use. If fetal haemoglobin could grab more oxygen it would benefit people with low lung function. Sort of like Star Trek "Trioxin" they loved to use.