CRISPR and the future of gene-editing

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In the author's opinion, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) gene editing has both potential benefits and drawbacks. Slomka discusses what CRISPR is and its first human trail in a patient with Leber congenital amaurosis, a genetic disease causing gradual loss of vision and blindness; photo.
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Column Northern Iowan 116 42 3