Cells rank genes by importance to protect them, according to new research.
Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that a new cellular mechanism that is known to protect plant genes from the damage of mutation. Organisms have developed a system to help against the damage that happens with mutation in genes and one of the jobs it does and is named for is DNA mismatch repair for when problems occur in genes and it will edit that error. It also corrects mutation that happens when replication of the genome during cell division. They further on with research and realize that it works it certain regions in the body where it works on with mutation. This information is helpful for humans because it helps us further our knowledge on what happens in tumors and the understanding of what’s happening. The scientists suggest that tumors happen when those DNA mismatch repair system doesn’t work and then leads to a tumor because of the lack of ability to control the mutation.
Do you think something like this can be useful?
Do you think there will be any negatives of trying something like this?
Would you want to know if you were going to have cancer, or would you like to find out when it happens?
If we had this system implanted in us then there would be a big deduction in birth defects
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This could probably be used to fix a lot of other genetic diseases. I wonder if a vaccine containing this gene could be developed.
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ReplyDeleteThis could work well but with all good things comes a bad side effect. It could help cancer
geneticly, this can help a lot or problems. it could help different kinds of diseases also.
ReplyDeleteIt could almost make us perfect which can be a scary thing or a great thing
DeleteI eellike this may be very dangerous to humans. Even if we do extensive research, I'm not sure if I would be able to trust the manipulation of my genes. I do think its a good idea though in some cases, like for diseases. But if everyone does this, it may lead to some issues later on. We may be making humans, less human.
ReplyDeleteCaroline Wilhelms
Do we know about long term damage it can have on our body? I find this very interesting due to the mass amount of advances in technology
ReplyDeleteThere is always a negative to messing with something like this because you can never effect one thing in the environment without effecting something else whether it is negative or positive. And I would like to know if I were to have cancer and when, so I could possibly prevent it. -Olamide Ayeni
ReplyDeletedo we know how long it can have an effect on our body?
ReplyDeleteSammie katz
I think more research could be done on this topic and it can be connected to GMOs in food.-Olamide Ayeni
ReplyDeleteWhen working with something as unpredictable as DNA having some sort of way to regulate it from being damaged could be useful
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