David Liu a professor at Harvard University led a work where using CRISPR-Cas9 they alter a faulty gene associated with a form of inherited, progressive hearing loss in the tiny ears of newborn mice. Using the breakthrough technology of CRISPR-Cas9 there were able to edit the gene sequence and replace the mutation with the correct DNA sequence. … Read more
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