TNPSC Thervupettagam

Gene Editing Tool - used first time to treat blindness

March 6 , 2020 1728 days 953 0
  • The Gene Editing Tool called CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) has been used for the first time to treat blindness in Oregon University, Portland, USA.
  • However, doctors claimed that it will take a month to check if the vision of the patient has restored.
  • This gene-editing technique try to edit a gene while the DNA is still inside a person's body.

Leave a Reply

Your Comment is awaiting moderation.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories