Cool science stuff

Here's an interesting article on CRISPR gene-therapy technology. It's an exciting development most immediately for sufferers of sickle-cell anemia, but also for the possibilities with other diseases like cancer and diabetes.

The one huge obstacle standing in the way of progress on gene-editing medicine

Hopefully, the technology continues to develop. I was drawn to read about it because I have a nephew who works for CRISPR, and we as a family have heard about a lot of this stuff for the past few years. It really is fascinating, and exciting, listening to him talk about it, especially because he's been directly involved with the research efforts.

 

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