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Puppies treated with CRISPR show improvement from muscular dystrophy

30 August 2018

Gene editing has improved muscle function in dogs that have the mutation that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy in people, and could lead to new treatments
gene sequencing

DNA editing before birth could one day massively expand lifespans

30 August 2018

If it becomes possible to make dozens of changes to DNA, future generations could live much longer before they succumb to diseases of old age such as cancer

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