Innovative CRISPR Therapy and Cures

Innovative CRISPR Therapy and CuresConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 888, Segment 2

Feb 25, 2021 • 16m

Conversations about gene editing are often limited to a “should-we, shouldn’t we?” debate. However, gene-editing could offer relief from diseases that we've never been able to find cures for. And it could help easily diagnose diseases around the world. Guest: Neville Sanjana, Core Faculty Member at the New York Genome Center; Assistant Professor of Biology at NYU; and Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU Medical School

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