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Save the Date: Human Genome Editing Webinar with NAS/NAM, FDA on February 22

DNA defines who we are. And like anything else, sometimes there are mistakes – mutations in genes that can cause life-lasting conditions. But what if broken genes could be repaired? How many patients could we help in the years ahead? This is the promise and possibility of genome editing.
In 2017, as part of their Human Gene-Editing Initiative, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and National Academy of Medicine (NAM) released a consensus study exploring the scientific underpinnings of h
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