Salk Scientists Redesign CRISPR to Create Precision Medicine Tool that Does Not Damage DNA (VIDEO)

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This video abstract for a paper appearing in the journal Cell decribes how Salk scientists have created a new version of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology that allows them to activate genes without creating breaks in DNA, potentially circumventing a major hurdle to using gene editing technologies to treat human diseases.

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