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First successful gene-editing of embryos in the United States

August 7, 2017

 

microscopic image of a human embryo

 

For the first time in the U.S., doctors have successfully edited a gene that can cause heart disease in a human embryo using CRISPR technology.

Image By Dr Elena Kontogianni [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

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