Here’s how gene editing is really changing lives

Wait until you see the second generation treatments! 😊

I am not pessimistic! Prices for these kind of treatments will quickly come down! Availability will improve as we gain more experience etc.! So don't buy into this faux alarmism of expensive, exclusive treatments! Competition is good! More competition is better!

One tricky question here remains what is exactly patentable when it comes to gene editing?

"Gene editing is a technology many people tend to associate with its ethically-fraught ability to create designer babies. But that’s also a distraction from the real story of how the technology is changing people’s lives through treatments used on adults with serious diseases. 

There are now more than 50 experimental studies underway that use gene editing in human volunteers to treat everything from cancer to HIV and blood diseases, according to a tally shared with MIT Technology Review.

But these first generation of treatments will be hugely expensive and tricky to implement—and they could be quickly superseded by a next generation of improved editing drugs. ..."

Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives | MIT Technology Review The gene-editing tool is being tested in people, and the first treatment could be approved this year.