The science and ethics of rewriting our DNA | Jennifer Doudna
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Is Crisper a Good Tool to Eliminate Genetic Defects?
Crisper is helping us get to the point where we can associate a specific genetic sequence with a specific developmental outcome. It just suddenly opens the door to that kind of genetic understanding ineffectively any organism that has dmin all organisms have dana. I think about 30 people now have been treated in clinical trials so far with crisper for their sickle cell disease. And i think that's really an exciting ana harbinger what's on the horizon for other diseases as well, in the future.
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