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Gene Editing Saves Lives!

Bob Larson writes Technology is Hip coluumn via 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

In 2015, a one year old English girl named Layla was treated with gene edited immune cells that eliminated all signs of an aggressive leukemia that was killing her. Layla’s treatment was a one time technique. Chemo and a bone marrow stem cell transplant hadn’t eliminated her aggressive cancer cells. Just before Layla’s first birthday, …

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