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The work, they said, began decades ago with federal funding for basic research on bacterial immune systems. That led eventually, with more federal support, to the discovery of CRISPR. Federal investment in sequencing the human genome made it possible to identify KJ’s mutation. U.S. funding supported Dr. Liu’s lab and its editing discovery. A federal program to study gene editing supported Dr. Musunuru’s research. Going along in parallel was federally funded work that led to an understanding of KJ’s disease.
Every cell of your body has a copy of the “same” DNA. Mutations can happen locally, but in general every cell has the mutation.
Right so when they treat a disease with gene therapy, they don’t need to fix every cell in the body, right? They just target the area affected? Does that mean you can still pass it on even if you’re “cured”?