Where should society draw ethical lines for experimental CRISPR gene therapies that appear able to cure diseases? - Genetic Literacy Project

It has been more than a year since Markus Mapara, MD, a professor of medicine and director of blood and marrow transplantation at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, first used an experimental CRISPR gene-editing treatment in a patient with…

Although the clinical trial is still in early stages and has only been tested in a few patients, so far, the results are promising. [The patient is] doing phenomenally well, says Mapara, who is a he… [+19993 chars]

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