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Early gene-editing success holds promise for preventing inherited diseases

Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 15:22 in Biology & Nature

Scientists achieve first safe repair of single-gene mutation in human embryos LA JOLLA—Scientists have, for the first time, corrected a disease-causing mutation in early stage human embryos with gene editing. The technique, which uses the ... Read more

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