Gene Therapy: Revolutionizing Genetic Disease Treatment
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Gene Therapy: Revolutionizing Genetic Disease Treatment

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Gene therapy aims to correct genetic diseases by introducing functional DNA, evolving from past controversies to modern techniques.

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  1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

    2 corrections applied: Gelsinger received the infusion Sept 13, 1999 and died Sept 17, 1999 - four days later, not three. | This Science 346(6213):1258096 review was published in 2014, not 2012.

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    The development of CRISPR-Cas9 as a practical gene editing tool, described in a landmark 2012 paper by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier

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    The development of CRISPR-Cas9 as a practical gene editing tool, described in a landmark 2014 paper by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier

    Why: Applied fix that had not fully landed; verified after PUT.

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