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Leandra Tranquil & Alexander

Nysmith

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Immune
Researchers
Crispr
Genetics
Innovations
DNA
Decisions

Exert
The most attention-grabbing applications relate to human disease. In
experiments with human cells, researchers have used Crispr to repair a
mutation that causes blindness, remove HIV from immune cells and correct
the defect responsible for cystic fibrosis. Researchers in late 2015 for the
first time published results on the successful use of the technique to treat
mature animals

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Leading expert for U.N.s science
program speaks out about genetic
modification. U.N. will finally make
their stance clear to the public on the
morality of genetic modification at
science press conference.

As a sick individual, you must

convince a scientist to help you
overcome your deadly disease (of
your choice) by genetic
modification. Via letter you must try
to convince that scientist that this is
the only reasonable course of
action.