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LESSON 4 · Tomorrow's Tech Today

PAUSE TO THINK

Can CRISPR edit genes inside a living adult's body?

Yes

In 2020, doctors injected CRISPR directly into a patient's eye to treat a rare inherited form of blindness. It was the first time the tool was used to edit genes inside the human body rather than in cells removed and treated in a lab.

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