How Gene Editing Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

With the discovery of a surprising immune response in E coli bacteria, we are facing a new era of freedom from genetic mutations that lead to disease by simply and precisely editing our genes. But there is also a potential dark side to gene editing.

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