The pre-crisp gene editing days were around the late 80s and 90s. They tried to insert a whole chunk of a functional gene into an individual cells ex vivo, which means outside the body. One patient died within about four days of reinserting her own cells. Because of a huge immune response. Or it could be partly because we introduce it through viral vectors - so we use viruses.

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