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CRISPR was just used in a bid to restore sight to a blind person
The gene-editing tool CRISPR has been used for the first time inside the body of an adult patient, in an attempt to cure a form of blindness. The treatment: According to the Associated Press, doctors dripped just a few drops of a gene-editing mixture beneath the retina of a patient in Oregon who suffers from Leber congenital amaurosis, a rare inherited disease that leads to progressive vision loss.
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