Scientists Can Now Replace Entire Chromosomes, Not Just Genes

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[wisewolfgirl]

I'm 28-years-old. My chromosomes were inverted & duplicated. That led to me having isodicentric 15 & similar traits of autism. I actually have hated this about myself, since forever. To add to it, I am embarrassed by having a disability & wish to live like a normally functioning person. I have never been grateful for being like this, growing up. Would this cure me of this bloody curse of being special needs? I don't know much about this kind of stuff. However, any answer with knowledge of this topic will help.

Edit: I know some people so proud of having down syndrome or being so smart while on the far end of the spectrum of autism. Never in my entire life was I proud of who I am for being in special education.

[rrosa]

will this be able to change someone’s gender completely?

[mediumisticmama]

Will this be able to help with chromosome abnormalities in children?

[mediumisticmama]

More specifically, replacing missing bases and taking out extra chromosome material?

[DrMACPOW]

So will replacing one of your parent's chromosomes with another person's be possible?? I wish my good buddy could be my biological father. He's like a father to me plus he has never bad any children.

[rosemulet]

Does this mean I’ll be able to change my chromosomes to XX? ❤️ :(

[Cabezadepollanegro]

What about multiple chromosome replacement?. For instance hypothetically speaking would it be possible to cause a whole genome replacement with another organism(ignoring the vast amount of problems it can cause such as rejection, cell death and so on). It would be like somatic cell nuclear transfer but we’re doing it to replace somatic genome with another using vectors(Dk how such a massive vector would be found). Even if you could do this it’s unlikely to induce massive biological changes to the point where your body, physiologically and physically resemble to that of the donour unless if we could somehow reset the epigenome to reactivate developmental genes in a specific manner but that’s not easy and it’s likely with 95% certainty it won’t work since the body has already developed.