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		CRISPR Reverses Huntington’s Disease in Mice (genengnews.com)
		25 points by prophet_ on June 22, 2017 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

pushrax on June 23, 2017 | [–]

CRISPR is one of those technologies that will either result in huge quality of life improvements or destruction of humanity.

fuzzythinker on June 23, 2017 | | [–]

I think it'll be both. First huge life improvements, then someone will mess up..

7373737373 on June 22, 2017 | [–]

Are there any global statistics of scientific research fields, e.g. how many people are working on specific problems like this one?

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