CRISPR

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Last Updated: Jun 09, 2025

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Gene editing can trigger inflammatory, senescence-like responses in blood stem cells • June 5, 2025, 1:48 AM ET (News-Medical)

Baby who was world's 1st-ever CRISPR gene editing therapy patient released from hospital • June 4, 2025, 8:30 AM ET (CBS)

World-first CRISPR therapy could 'transform' treatment for rare genetic diseases, but key challenges lie ahead • May 28, 2025, 3:42 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))

Breakthrough gene editing treatment helps child born with rare disorder • May 19, 2025, 11:17 PM ET (PBS)

World's first successful tailor-made gene therapy saves baby born with rare disorder • May 16, 2025, 6:27 AM ET (CBS)

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Also Known As	clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat

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gene editing

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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners

Jennifer Doudna

American biochemist