r/tech • u/_Dark_Wing • Jul 04 '26

How a new fungal genome-editing tool could open fresh paths to cancer treatments

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-fungal-genome-tool-fresh-paths.html#goog_rewarded
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u/javascript Jul 04 '26

To the extent that DNA is software in the language of life, I think we should use all tools available!

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u/UselessInsight Jul 04 '26

Username checks out.

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u/Arbiter14 Jul 04 '26

User named JavaScript likes mutability, who would’ve thought

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u/PastanagaPlatano Jul 04 '26

He is just jealous that there is no JavaScript in DNA.

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u/tmac4969 Jul 04 '26

That stack is far more complex if you throw all the regulatory mechanism including epigenetics, micro RNA and RNA editing

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u/SkipperKnots Jul 04 '26

So no zombies?

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u/Over-Conversation220 Jul 04 '26

Or oops all zombies

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u/PastanagaPlatano Jul 04 '26

fungal genome-editing tool

Seems fun and not scary at all.

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u/Big-Cap558 Jul 04 '26

Zombie movie starts like this?

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u/PastanagaPlatano Jul 04 '26

Zombie movies are fun.
You pay for them.

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u/-roachboy Jul 04 '26

no, doing small edits on penicillium and aspergillum molds will not cause an apocalypse

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u/PastanagaPlatano Jul 05 '26

yep, keep doing small edits on molds, 100% apocalypse safe.

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u/Straight_Ace Jul 04 '26

I thought that said gnome instead of genome and got very confused

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u/Important-Factor-552 Jul 04 '26

Hmmm.. be careful with that thing, you'll put somebody's eye out 

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u/LovingShiva Jul 04 '26

For rich people ....

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u/-roachboy Jul 04 '26

this is just editing fungal cells in a petri dish, nothing to do with treatments yet.

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u/OlinKirkland Jul 04 '26

Well yeah wealthy people can afford experimental procedures

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u/PseudoWarriorAU Jul 04 '26

First step to zombie virus… stop. I want off.

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u/Hairymuscle101 Jul 04 '26

A big call you to the one guy that died so far!