
Blood Diseases Could Show Crispr’s Potential as Therapy

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China just announced its biggest-ever foreign acquisition. But can it force its people to like GMOs?
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Editas Medicine, an upstart hoping to treat patients by correcting their genes, went public yesterday. But the company already faces several concerns---most pressingly, a patent battle.
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This is a controversial first step toward what some see as a future of designer babies. But it doesn't go nearly that far.
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A famous scientist wrote an article titled “Heroes of Crispr” that downplays the role of another famous scientist. This made some people very mad.
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