Scientists using the CRISPR-Cas9 system made headlines last week for being the first to cleanly “fix” a mutation known to cause a heart disorder in regular human embryos. How did they accomplish such a feat and what does this mean for the future of genetic engineering?

249 EE Editing the Genes of Human Embryos

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