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Thanks for your answer. Yes, I get that bit you describe, more or less.

But also cells die - all cells are new in the human body after 7 years, right? (Or are we saying ear cells don't?) New cells are produced. Whatever creates new ear cells, needs to know to produce them with the update. I know that marrow creates blood cells.... and I'm not sure how replacement ear cells are created, but if it were something like marrow, this creating piece too that makes new cells also needs to be updated, right?

I have other questions too - eg does this viral deployment really impact every cell? You'd think that the ones nearest would get done repeatedly, whereas those that are less local would never be updated.

Also, if this infusion were to be near reproductive cells, would it also update those cells, so that cells used is reproduction would be updated, and the line would be permanently edited?



These particular hair cells dont die, so they think the treatment will persist, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40313256


thanks for the link




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