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New version of CRISPR touted as ‘word processor’ with search and replace function – Genetic Literacy Project

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2018-05-16 NEWS

Genetic Literacy Project

New version of CRISPR touted as ‘word processor’ with search and replace function
Genetic Literacy Project
For all the excitement the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 has kicked up, there has been just as much concern about unwanted side effects. That’s because even though the technology offers the promise of cutting out disease-causing genes, it can also make …

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2018-05-16 NEWS

Genetic Literacy Project

New version of CRISPR touted as ‘word processor’ with search and replace function
Genetic Literacy Project
For all the excitement the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 has kicked up, there has been just as much concern about unwanted side effects. That’s because even though the technology offers the promise of cutting out disease-causing genes, it can also make …

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2018-05-16 NEWS

Genetic Literacy Project

Paying for pricey gene therapy without insurance: Amish community faces challenge
Genetic Literacy Project
[Company] Spark had proposed a few different ways of helping insurers to cover the gene therapy — but Dr. Kevin Strauss’ patients tend not to have insurance. As the medical director of the Clinic for Special Children, on the outskirts of Strasburg, Pa