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2015's biggest breakthrough could deliver designer babies

2015's biggest breakthrough could deliver designer babies.

12/30/2015 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

2015's biggest breakthrough could deliver designer babies

Clip: 12/30/2015 | 9m 15s

2015's biggest breakthrough could deliver designer babies.

CRISPR, a new method for editing genes, has been called a development that could revolutionize medicine. Cheaper and more precise than past gene editing, this promising tool has also raised concerns. Gwen Ifill talks to Jennifer Doudna of University of California, Berkeley and Paul Knoepfler of University of California, Davis.

12/30/2015 | Rating NR

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