In March, a person suffering from Leber congenital amaurosis, a rare inherited disease that leads to blindness, became the first to have CRISPR/Cas-9-based therapy directly injected into the body.
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Unknown title80p Live 00:00 01:59 01:58 CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors in tackling diseases Also Read Explaining the science behind the 2020 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics | The Hindu In Focus podcast <span>In March, a person suffering from Leber congenital amaurosis, a rare inherited disease that leads to blindness, became the first to have CRISPR/Cas-9-based therapy directly injected into the body. In June, two patients with beta-thalassemia and one with sickle cell disease had their bone marrow stem cells edited using CRISPR techniques. Click here to read our explainer on the gen Summary
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