A GENE-EDITING FIRST: SCIENTISTS TRIED CRISPR TO FIGHT HIV
Sep 14, 2019
2 minutes
Scientists are reporting the first use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR to try to cure a patient’s HIV infection by providing blood cells that were altered to resist the AIDS virus.
The gene-editing tool has long been used in research labs, and a Chinese scientist was scorned last year when he revealed he used it on embryos
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