Eric Topol interviews Jennifer Doudna on the bright future of genome editing therapy in curing disease (Apple Podcasts). There’s an FDA-approved CRISPR therapy for sickle cell disease out now with others to come.
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I will read anything and everything about Jennifer Doudna and the work that she does. I'm a complete layman when it comes to microbiology, but dang, the mind *reels* at how much the health and healthspan (vs lifespan) playing field is going to change in the next 20 - 40 years. I'm excited for my 4 year old, and also stressed at the choices she may end up having to make (fix things, don't fix things, etc).
The NPR reporting on the medical trial of the woman with sickle cell who was treated with CRISPR technology is an amazing listen: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/25/784395525/a-young-mississippi-womans-journey-through-a-pioneering-gene-editing-experiment
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