Timeline for Genetic engineering of adult subjects with transform viruses
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Sep 18 at 9:31 | history | became hot network question | |||
Sep 18 at 9:21 | comment | added | Pelinore | @RobertRapplean axolotl ☝️ | |
Sep 18 at 9:21 | comment | added | Pelinore | @JBH as long as we're world building fantasy science we might claim the regenerative properties of newts and axolotl (they don't get bigger) as something we can gene therapy into an organism, you then just need to cut or skim a portion of the body off at the appropriate site for the development of the new limb or organ to encourage it's growth, there may be techniques to trigger that kind of growth without those regenerative genes as well, localised hormone treatments maybe? to retrigger early development responses in cells coupled with regular stem cell injections to the region perhaps? | |
Sep 18 at 7:42 | answer | added | AlexP | timeline score: 5 | |
Sep 18 at 2:55 | comment | added | Monty Wild♦ | @JBH Exactly one of the points that should be addressed in an answer... (though some species can regenerate missing limbs without growing bigger overall). It is going to be a matter of controlling all the side-effects. | |
Sep 18 at 2:37 | comment | added | JBH | First of all, I LOVE the idea. Having said that, I don't think it's possible for someone who's lost an arm to grow a new arm even though genetic knowledge to do so exists in the genome. The child (and its genetics) is "wired for change" while the adult is not. So... your transform genes must of necessity return the body's engine to the child's state to allow the trait to develop, right? But having done so, wouldn't unintended trait changes also occur? Simplistically, growing taller, for example. | |
Sep 18 at 2:06 | comment | added | Robert Rapplean | This sounds a little like butterfly metamorphosis. The issue being that, while the cells were in between one behavior and another, they would be capable of neither. You might need external life support (or enzyme/catalyst support) while the translation was in process. You'd also probably need a specialized method of removing shed material afterwards, like hyperactive lymph. | |
Sep 18 at 1:31 | history | asked | Monty Wild♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |