Thursday, August 10, 2017

CRISPR - Gene Editing Explained

A man living with Kennedy's Disease posted this on Facebook. The short YouTube video (link below) does a good job of explaining what CRISPR is, how it works, and its potential. Those of us living with KD are very interested in the potential tools like CRISPR offer for future generations.




Video published May 24, 2017

CRISPR is a new area of biomedical science that enables gene editing and could be the key to eventually curing diseases like autism or cancer. WIRED has challenged biologist Neville Sanjana to explain this concept to 5 different people; a 7 year-old, a 14 year-old, a college student, a grad student and a CRISPR expert.

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