Three Application Domains: Therapy, Germline, Gene Drives
CRISPR and the Gene Revolution
Somatic gene therapy (Casgevy), germline editing (He Jiankui), gene drives. What each domain can do — and what each warns against.
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4 pagesLesson 5 — Three Application Domains: Therapy, Germline, Gene Drives
Understanding the Complex: CRISPR and the Gene Revolution
CRISPR is one tool. It's being applied in three fundamentally different ways, with fundamentally different ethical profiles. Understanding the distinction is the most important thing this course can give you.