Anybody Heard of This?

[INRM]

I heard of this kind of gene-therapy proposal which would consist of a patch of some sort attached to a person's skin which would deliver genes to cells in the body.

Anybody heard of this?

 

[commandlinegamer]

I've heard of patches for jeans; they were quite popular in the 70s I believe. Not so much now as people no longer know how to sew.

 

[Uncayimmy]

I've heard of patches for jeans; they were quite popular in the 70s I believe. Not so much now as people no longer know how to sew.

Ever hear of iron-on patches?

INRM: Where did you hear about this?

 

[MikeSun5]

Anybody heard of this?

Nope. Doesn't seem to make much sense though.

How would the genes
1. penetrate the skin?
2. know which cells to go to?
3. cure anything?

 

[dlorde]

Google is your friend, for example: Synthetic Skin Delivers Gene Therapies Straight to Body, No Needles Necessary

 

[INRM]

Dlorde,

Thank you

 

[MikeSun5]

Yea, for real. Thanks. I had found absolutely zilch on the google.

 

[INRM]

Bump... I want to respond to this in the morning and I'm too tired now so I want it fairly high up on the list

 

[INRM]

One thing I wonder with gene therapy so easy to administer, do you think the possibility that certain people will be required to undergo gene therapy?

 

[Ladewig]

Off topic. Is there any particular reason you deciding against using the words "gene therapy" in the title of a thread devoted to gene therapy? If you want biologists, doctors, and medical researchers to respond to your questions, labeling the thread in a descriptive manner will help.

 

[Robo Sapien]

If only that same technology were made into a caffeine delivery system...

 

[Evilgiraffe]

Ask and ye shall receive...

 

[Ladewig]

Ask and ye shall receive...

I was sure it was fake but couldn't prove it, so I clicked on the "buy now" button. You win.

 

[INRM]

Ladewig,

I didn't know what the thing was called so I just asked it as question

 

[Ladewig]

Ladewig,

I didn't know what the thing was called so I just asked it as question

I'm not trying to play junior moderator. I just want to point out that if you had titled the thread "I have questions about some kind of gene-therapy proposal," you would have made it easier for people who aren't interested to ignore the thread and easier for people who are interested to find the thread.

 

[theprestige]

One thing I wonder with gene therapy so easy to administer, do you think the possibility that certain people will be required to undergo gene therapy?

Two words:

• Pills
• Injections

 

[Wudang]

Two words:

• Pills
• Injections

You see this a lot in the "arts". Newer media are always held to higher standards than existing. So something could be in a fable but was shocking in a novel. OK in a novel but in film? Will nobody think of the children? And it may be okay to show some things in films which have age ratings but to show them in video games that innocent children have access to? I swoon.

Please assume any distribution of irony and sarcasm tags that suit your agenda.

 

[MikeSun5]

I just want to point out that if you had titled the thread "I have questions about some kind of gene-therapy proposal," you would have made it easier for people who aren't interested to ignore the thread and easier for people who are interested to find the thread.

Seconded. Otherwise you just get boneheads like me and Ladewig's avatar who only read threads with names like "Check this out."

 

[Ladewig]

Seconded. Otherwise you just get boneheads like me and Ladewig's avatar who only read threads with names like "Check this out."

Speak for yourself. I read only threads that look profitable.

 

[Evilgiraffe]

So you sold those caffeine patches on for a profit then?