Here's How Scientists Are Using CRISPR Gene Editing to Fix a Blindness-Causing Defect

Updated 6.3.16, 11:01 AM EDT by Jolene Creighton

Scientists have used a new gene-editing technology called CRISPR, to repair a genetic mutation responsible for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited condition that causes the retina to degrade and leads to blindness in at least 1.5 million cases worldwide.

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