Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, in Portland, has lead the team that carried out the first attempt to genetically modify human embryos with CRISPR. The aim of this project was to demonstrate that it is possible to safely and efficiently correct defective genes that cause inherited diseases in humans. Indeed, this is gene … Read more
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