<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 1:01 AM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><p class="MsoNormal"> <br><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">As you understand it and extrapolate to a reasonable estimate of your lifespan, have we any reason to think that if we had an organism’s complete genome, we could synthesize that file into a DNA strand using CRISPR or any other reasonably foreseeable technology?<span class=""><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class=""><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> </p></font></span></div></blockquote><div>### As Anders noted, CRISPR isn't really a good method for de novo DNA synthesis, however, it might come in useful in polishing steps of large genome synthesis. Fascinating advances are being made in the in vitro manufacture of long and very long sequences:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160209005653/en/Gen9-Develops-Multiplex-Synthesis-Platform-DNA-Assembly">http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160209005653/en/Gen9-Develops-Multiplex-Synthesis-Platform-DNA-Assembly</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>but it is still likely that human genome-size constructs will need in vivo assembly and proofreading, and that's where a CRISPR step is likely to play a role.</div><div><br></div><div>Rafał</div></div>
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