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The extraordinary promise of gene editing

The extraordinary promise of gene editing

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Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay about two recent medical firsts in the world of gene editing, and she hears from David Liu, one of the pioneers of these treatments

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Doctors in the US have become the first to treat a baby with a
customised gene-editing therapy after diagnosing the child with a
severe genetic disorder that kills about half of those affected in
early infancy. Ian Sample explains to Madeleine Finlay how this new
therapy works and how it paves the way for even more complex gene
editing techniques. David Liu, a professor at the Broad Institute
of MIT and Harvard and the inventor of these therapies, also
describes the barriers that could prevent them reaching patients,
and how he thinks they can be overcome. Help support our
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