Powerful New Gene-Editing Tool May Finally Be Used on Humans - Gizmodo

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Powerful New Gene-Editing Tool May Finally Be Used on Humans Gizmodo Next week, a federal advisory committee is set to review a proposal to use CRISPR—the cheap, powerful and buzzy gene-editing tool—on human genes for the first time. The Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, a panel that works with the National ... First US CRISPR gene editing trial in humans seeks approvalEngadget Gates Says Altered Mosquito Is Next Weapon to Fight MalariaBloomberg Bill Gates calls for end of malariaBoston Herald BioPharma Dive -MIT Technology Review -University of Rochester Newsroom (blog) -STAT all 10 news articles »

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