Scientists have, for the first time, corrected a disease-causing mutation in early stage human embryos with gene editing. The technique, which uses the CRISPR-Cas9 system, corrected the mutation for a heart condition at the earliest stage of embryonic development so that the defect would not be passed on to future generations.
from Top Health News – ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2vjqmol
from Tumblr http://bit.ly/2vjl2RX
No comments:
Post a Comment