<![CDATA[First U.S. Human Embryo Gene Editing Experiment Successfully “Corrects” a Heart Condition]]>
First U.S. Human Embryo Gene Editing Experiment Successfully “Corrects” a Heart Condition

“Last week, reports circulated  that doctors had successfully edited a gene in a human embryo— the first time such a thing had been done in the United States. The remarkable achievement confirmed the powerful potential of CRISPR, the world’s most efficient and effective gene-editing tool. Now, details of the research have been published in Nature.

The procedure involved “correcting” the DNA of one-cell embryos using CRISPR to remove the MYBPC3 gene. That gene is known to cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a heart disease that affects 1 out of 500 people. HCM has no known cure or treatment as its symptoms don’t manifest until the disease causes sudden death through cardiac arrest…”

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