RIVER WEATHERBY is an energetic 2-year-old, all thanks to a groundbreaking trial of genome sequencing for sick newborns. Sequencing his genome revealed that he had a rare disease, and he has thrived since getting treatment .
More good news comes with the development of a cure for sickle cell, a devastating condition affecting 7 million people worldwide, using CRISPR gene editing (see
Playing God with genes that we have no absolute knowledge of will lead to mutations we may not be capable of dealing with. A gene can have more than one function.. just arrogant and silly
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