Gene editing cured this woman [Al Jazeera Start Here] (Part 2) #shorts

CRISPR gene editing explained by Al Jazeera Start Here (Part 2)

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It's simple to use and cheap, and that makes it revolutionary because it could treat, perhaps even cure genetic diseases like muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, even cancer. And a lot of attention has been on sickle cell disease. In fact, scientists have already used it on a woman named Victoria Gray. She was the first person in the U.S. to receive a CRISPR based treatment for the disease. Doctors infused her with more than 2 billion of her own genetically edited bone marrow cells.

More than a year later. Almost all her symptoms are gone.

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