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Experiment Uses CRISPR To Edit Genes While They Are Still Inside A Person’s Body : Shots – Health News – NPR
The unprecedented study involves using the gene-editing technique CRISPR to edit a gene while it’s still inside a patient’s body. In exclusive interviews, NPR talks…
Carlene Knight, 54, is one of the first patients in a landmark study designed to try to restore vision in those who have a rare genetic disease that causes blindness.
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Carlene Knight would love to do things that most people take for granted, such as read books, drive a car, ride a bike, gaze at animals in the zoo and watch movies. She also longs to see expressions on people’s faces.
“To be able to see my granddaughter especially my granddaughter’s face,” says Knight, 54, who lives…
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