Using CRISPR to Repair Blindness-causing Genetic Defect
Columbia University Medical Center and University of Iowa scientists have used a new gene-editing technology called CRISPR, to repair a genetic mutation responsible for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited condition that causes the retina to degrade and leads to blindness in at least 1.5 million cases worldwide. Read more: http://newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/?p=..
