Blindness-causing genetic defect corrected using CRISPR

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 15:23 in Biology & Nature

Stephen FellerNEW YORK, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Researchers used CRISPR to correct a blindness-causing genetic defect, the first time a defective gene has been successfully fixed in patient-derived cells.

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