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CRISPR is a powerful technique for editing DNA

‘Scientists are now very sure that the babies really were gene-edited’

29 November 2018

He Jiankui has now presented his controversial work at a gene editing summit in Hong Kong. CRISPR expert Helen O’Neill of University College London was there
Blue tablets

WHO classes HIV drug as an essential medicine

14 June 2017

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP has been added to the WHO's list of essential medicines, highlighting England's failure to provide the drug to those most at risk

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