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Gene therapy is now available, but could cost millions over a lifetime, says scientists – The Independent

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2018-04-03 NEWS

The Independent

Gene therapy is now available, but could cost millions over a lifetime, says scientists
The Independent
If you were born with a rare form of blindness, there is now a treatment for you that may restore your eyesight. That’s because gene therapies became a clinical reality in 2017. Yet many people with rare diseases that could be treated in this way may

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2018-04-02 NEWS

WIRED

A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.
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A scientific journal just retracted a controversial study that claimed the gene editing tool CRISPR causes a number of unintended mutations, but it may be too late to undo the damage the paper caused. Let’s walk it back a second. In May 2017, well
A Flawed Study Shows How Little We Understand Crispr’s Effects …WIRED
Scientific journal officially retracts controversial CRISPR studyNew Atlas
Paper on Off-Target CRISPR Effects PulledGenomeWeb
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