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Using CRISPR to Repair Blindness-causing Genetic Defect

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Using CRISPR to Repair Blindness-causing Genetic Defect

Columbia University Medical Center 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.

Read more: http://newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/?p=35880

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