VIDEO: Using CRISPR to Treat Blindness Disease (VIDEO)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/FzTmlMCUDcI Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and University of Iowa scientists have used a new gene-editing technology called CRISPR, to repair a genetic mutation responsible for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited condition that causes the retina to degrade and leads to blindness in at least 1.5 million cases worldwide.

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