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DNA surgery on embryos removes disease
« on: September 29, 2017, 01:17:25 am »
DNA surgery on embryos removes disease
By James Gallagher
Health and science reporter, BBC News website
28 September 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41386849
 
Precise "chemical surgery" has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world first, Chinese researchers have told the BBC.

The team at Sun Yat-sen University used a technique called base editing to correct a single error out of the three billion "letters" of our genetic code.

They altered lab-made embryos to remove the disease beta-thalassemia. The embryos were not implanted.

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Re: DNA surgery on embryos removes disease
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2017, 01:37:25 am »
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