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Doctors altered a person's genes with CRISPR for the first time in the U.S. Here's what could be next

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Did I post this already. Here it is again if so.

A woman with sickle cell anemia had her genes edited to make normal functioning red blood cells.

popsci.com/crispr-gene-edit...

A good article with a nice description of how Crispr works.

A brave new world, and no mistake.

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