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Tweaking genes with CRISPR or viruses fixes blood disorders

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Science  11 Dec 2020:
Vol. 370, Issue 6522, pp. 1254-1255
DOI: 10.1126/science.370.6522.1254

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  • RE: CRISPR can be a crucial tool to find a solution against COVID-19.
    • Muhammad Wajid Javed, Ph.D. Scholar and Researcher, Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
    (11 December 2020)

    Dear Jocelyn Kaiser,
    You work is of great significance. On seeing the global focus on CRISPR tools, I do predict that this can also be helpful to device a sustainable solution against retroviruses like that of COVID-19.

    Competing Interests: None declared.

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  • Tweaking genes with CRISPR or viruses fixes blood disorders

    By Jocelyn Kaiser

    Science : 1254-1255

    People with sickle cell disease or beta-thalassemia could be freed of debilitating symptoms for a lifetime.

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