For the past 20 years, scientists have been trying to cure disease by altering DNA. We examine how with CRISPR Cas-9 gene editing and the revival of gene therapy, they’re closer than ever.
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Fixing the Code: Genetically Engineering Your DNA to Cure Disease

Producer: Jill Rosenbaum
Associate Producers: Meral Agish, Olivia Katrandjian and Noah Madoff
Editor: Sandrine Isambert
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Part of the The Code Series
The Code

The Code

The race to sequence the human genome was also billed as a race to end disease. So what happened? With CRISPR-Cas9, Precision Medicine and genetic testing all making headlines, Retro Report investigates.

 

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