Gene editing may not be as fool-proof as thought

There is an emerging concern among scientists that the gene-editing technique CRISPR “might inadvertently alter regions of the genome other than the intended one,” says STAT, the health and medicine site. Dr. J. Keith Joung of Massachusetts General Hospital says that algorithms used to predict off-target effects of gene editing “miss a fair number” of… » Read More

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