fundamentals
Gene Therapy
CRISPR CAS9
CRISPR-CAS9 stands forclusteredregularlyinterspacedshortpalindromicrepeats–CRISPR-associated protein 9. CRISPR-CAS9 is a gene-editing tool that makes a precise cut in a DNA strand, and then the normal DNA repair process takes over to incorporate a newly inserted gene into the DNA. This technique is still in experimental stages but has been done on several human embryos in attempt to fix a genetic defect. 