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What is CRISPR? How was it used in humans?

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to experiment with gene-edited mosquitos to reduce the spread of malaria

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CRISPR has been used to experiment with gene-edited mosquitos to reduce the spread of malaria, for engineering agriculture to withstand climate change, and in human clinical trials to treat a range of diseases, from cancer to transthyretin amyloidosis, a rare protein disorder that devastates nerves and organs.

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