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What genome editing tech has done for the world, so far

Fourteen years after co-inventing CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna checks in on what it’s become. The Nobel Prize-winning biochemist walks through the technology’s biggest moments — the 2012 discovery, the 2018 CRISPR babies announcement, and today’s $2 million but functionally curative therapy for sickle cell disease — alongside newer applications like reducing methane emissions from cattle farming.…

What genome editing tech has done for the world, so far

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