What is CRISPR gene editing, and how does it work?

[AussieNeil]

There's been considerable interest in the potential for gene editing for curing diseases such as CLL, so this article by Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW should be of interest: theconversation.com/what-is...

This report about the development of an individualized molecular treatment for the 3,000 mutations that cause the heart defect DMD, I found particularly encouraging, giving the complex mutations behind CLL:

New CRISPR method strategically targets gene mutations to correct DMD heart defect

newatlas.com/crispr-duchenn...

Neil

[Stretch1]

This is great news! Especially when so many of us worry about passing it on to our kids - will be an interesting race to see which method, vaccine or gene-snipping will be used to eradicate this monster - will probably come down to cost of course -