Tuesday, April 22, 2014

DNA 'edited' to cure liver disease and could be used for Down's Syndrome

DNA 'edited' to cure liver disease and could be used for Down's Syndrome | Mail Online: "Genetic liver disease has been cured in living, adult mice for first time using a ‘jaw-dropping’ genome-editing technique that could soon be used on humans.

Genetic liver disease has been cured in living, adult mice for first time using a 'jaw-dropping- genome-editing technique that could soon be used on humans

The technique, named Crispr, can make tiny changes to the huge database of the DNA molecule with what scientists describe as 'pinpoint' accuracy."

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