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Dimitri Perrin, The Conversation

What is CRISPR? Explaining the gene-editing technology that won the 2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize

The gene-editing tool may accelerate research into cancers, mental illness and potential animal-to-human organ transplants.

Dimitri Perrin, The Conversation
· Oct 08, 2020 · 11:30 pm
China’s failed gene-edited baby experiment proves we’re not ready for human embryo modification

While attempting to reproduce a mutation that would lead to high HIV resistance, the team created a whole new mutation with unknown effects instead.

Dimitri Perrin, The Conversation
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Gaetan Burgio, The Conversation
· Dec 08, 2019 · 11:30 pm