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How we're using CRISPR to fight cancer

2 December 2019

Molecular biologist Fiona Behan reports on how the CRISPR gene-editing technique can find cancer’s weak points, identifying targets for new drugs

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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How we're using CRISPR to fight cancer

DNA editing before birth could one day massively expand lifespans

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