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    The Quiet Revolution of CRISPR

    by Brian Gallagher Dec 20, 2017 1 minute

    CRISPR’s not on the cusp of anything.Wikicommons

    ow many diseases could humans treat if the DNA in troublesome cells could be edited within the body? Half? Most? How about “absolutely everything”?. Her optimism illustrates the promise, three years ago, of CRISPR-Cas9—the new tool scientists have to edit the genome directly, quickly, and cheaply.

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