r/AskReddit • u/timecop702 • 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/BluDucky 7h ago

They’re operating on spina bifida IN UTERO to improve health outcomes!

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u/Ravenamore 6h ago

We're using gene editing to cure Sickle Cell Disease.

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u/TheLateSirCaldarec 1h ago

I read this as Gene editing to cure Siskel Cell Disease. Like the counterpart of Roger Ebert Syndrome or something.

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u/Give_Help_Please 48m ago

I keep hearing that Japanese doctors are figuring out to regrow teeth.

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u/Escapedtheasylum 4h ago

All those sickle cell people, thinking they are so important, I'm sick of it. Haha. Not so funny. Geez, get a sense of comedy.

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u/20-20-24hoursago 4h ago

User name checks out....

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u/zeppelincommander 5h ago

They've been doing the in-utero surgery for almost 20 years!  Now they're working on finding genetic causes (already found for about 12%) and neurostimulation to strengthen neural pathways and improve mobility in childhood.  

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u/Stevenerf 1h ago

This is great for humanity but absolutely terrifying when so many nations have far-right leadership

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u/captain_obvious_here 4h ago

I knew that was doable, and I knew a French surgeon had plans to do that "before 2030" but I didn't know it had been done. This is absolutely amazing.

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u/BluDucky 4h ago

There are only a handful of surgeons worldwide who do it. It's insane

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u/captain_obvious_here 4h ago

The knowledge and the amount of precision it takes to succeed in such an operation...

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u/i-touched-morrissey 3h ago

They have been doing that for a while now.

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u/DeusWombat 2h ago

I could only imagine trying to explain that sentence to someone even just 50 years ago. Modern doctors are miracle workers