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Medical Sciences
How some people resist a disease their genes made near-certain
A few people carry mutations that should have made them ill, and stay well anyway. Here is how protective genetic variants work, why researchers hunt for them, and what a new preprint on two Colombian carriers does and does not show.
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Biotechnology
CRISPR gene editing, explained simply
CRISPR lets scientists edit DNA with a precision that once sounded like science fiction. Here is how the 'find and replace' of the genome actually works — and where it is already being used.
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