The slow climb from innovation to cure: treating anaemia with gene editing
- Written by Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Australia
Gene editing technology may soon prevent the formation of sickle-shaped red blood cells in a common and deadly form of anaemia. Shutterstock/Uber ImagesThe ability to precisely edit DNA via CRISPR technology has emerged as the one of the most powerful advances in biology. A new paper showing repair of a genetic mutation in human blood cells...
