Although gene editing techniques are patentable in some countries, I wonder if this could be much cheaper than the monthly weight loss shots, which can be very expensive in some countries.
In the future will medical tourism for gene editing be a thing? Maybe the same clinics that offer hair restoration, botox and plastic surgery today will have it as an option.
Gene editing treatments in general are prohibitively expensive (At least in the US). Casgevy cures sickle cell and beta-thallasemia but I want to say it costs $300,000? For the one dose.
You’d think insurance would jump on that given how much ER visits are, and the prevalence of ER visits in that patient demographic though.
Although gene editing techniques are patentable in some countries, I wonder if this could be much cheaper than the monthly weight loss shots, which can be very expensive in some countries.
In the future will medical tourism for gene editing be a thing? Maybe the same clinics that offer hair restoration, botox and plastic surgery today will have it as an option.
Gene editing treatments in general are prohibitively expensive (At least in the US). Casgevy cures sickle cell and beta-thallasemia but I want to say it costs $300,000? For the one dose.
You’d think insurance would jump on that given how much ER visits are, and the prevalence of ER visits in that patient demographic though.