Not all of them, but the most successful from Biontech/Pfizer and moderna are both mRNA based. However there were also others based on protein subunits or viral vectors for example.
If your question is whether crispr gene editing was used by any of the vaccines, then no none of them used it as a direct mechanism.
However it might have been used somewhere along the line in their creation, e.g. to knock out a gene in the viral vectors. But i couldn’t tell you that with certainty.
thanks, was wondering if crispr was used as direct mechanism. i know it’s not as easy as just replacing an A to G or something to make people photosynthetic or something, but it’s still very interesting/look forward to what can be done with crispr
Yeah, the possibilities are definitely exciting. But i guess as far as Covid19 vaccines are concerned it was probably a good thing that none required their direct use.
As is we already had a ton of missinformation and fearmongering, i don’t even want to imagine how bad it would have been, if gene editing was involved in any direct way.
Not all of them, but the most successful from Biontech/Pfizer and moderna are both mRNA based. However there were also others based on protein subunits or viral vectors for example.
CRISPR?
If your question is whether crispr gene editing was used by any of the vaccines, then no none of them used it as a direct mechanism.
However it might have been used somewhere along the line in their creation, e.g. to knock out a gene in the viral vectors. But i couldn’t tell you that with certainty.
thanks, was wondering if crispr was used as direct mechanism. i know it’s not as easy as just replacing an A to G or something to make people photosynthetic or something, but it’s still very interesting/look forward to what can be done with crispr
Yeah, the possibilities are definitely exciting. But i guess as far as Covid19 vaccines are concerned it was probably a good thing that none required their direct use. As is we already had a ton of missinformation and fearmongering, i don’t even want to imagine how bad it would have been, if gene editing was involved in any direct way.
i will use crispr to make my dog share the same lifespan as me XD lol thanks for the pleasant convo!
Crispr is not quite ready for prime time, but it’s promising.