Genetically Modified Stem Cells Don't Increase Mutations
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 18:32
in Biology & Nature
The ability to switch out one gene for another in living stem cells puts us on the path to a science fiction future - fixing disease-causing genes in humans. But there are concerns about mutations. However, a new study has found that using gene-editing techniques on stem cells doesn't increase the overall occurrence of mutations in the cells. read more