Comments by "Andy Hughes" (@andyhughes1776) on "Real Science" channel.

  1. So if CRISPR can cut up genes, why can't researchers use it to cut up Covid19 and destroy it? Anyone ever thought of that?
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  2.  Luke Wilson  What makes you think humans could fly through the air or land on the moon? A few years ago, someone also used technical-sounding terms to tell me that it is not possible to produce an electric car with a range of more than 200 miles. Today's Tesla Model S Plaid can go 500 miles on a single charge.....just as I predicted. In fact, I even predicted then that there will eventually be electric cars that can go 600, 700, or 1,000 miles or more on a single charge. The upcoming Tesla roadster will have a 600 mile single charge range. Why is it so difficult for you to imagine that if CRISPR can splice a gene sequence and insert a new one that it can just splice up a virus gene to destroy it? In fact, that is PRECISELY what the natural bacterial process does anyway. You'll see as time goes on.....
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  3.  Luke Wilson  And the people living in 1900 asked Robert Goddard how he would be able to build a rocket big enough to carry men to the moon. "Are you OK, Robert? Everything working up there? Man can't even fly right now (1900) and you want to build a what to send men where?" The idea of sending men to the moon on a rocket violates no physical laws just as using CRISPR to destroy viruses violates no natural laws. Therefore, the only limit is current technology and that will change over time.
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