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Gene editing

The age of CRISPR

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Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise

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CRISPR

Can gene editing deliver on its promise?

Ida Emilie Steinmark explores how the technology could change the world

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Next-generation medicine

CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how

Gene-editing medicines have had a rocky start. But there is cause for optimism

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The epigenome

Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing

But they may prove just as powerful

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Scientific research

Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory

Science is becoming speedier, and more ambitious, in the age of CRISPR

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Editing crops

Eat your GE-greens

Former sceptics have come around to gene-edited crops. For the moment

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CRISPR animals

Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives

But there are possible pitfalls

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Reproductive science

Designing babies

Will tinkering with human embryos ever be worth the risk?

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The way forward

Gene editing can still change the world

But it will take time for scientists to master the technology

The age of CRISPR

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