The life-saving therapy is based on CRISPR, which was pioneered by US scientists and won the Nobel Prize.
Instead of cutting the DNA strand like early CRISPR approaches, the new technique flips the mutated DNA “letter” to the correct type, reducing the risk of unintended changes.
With cuts to basic science research, it will be much harder to develop revolutionary techniques like CRISPR.
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:
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