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The bacteria turned these sequences into genetic material, called RNA, that could stick precisely to a short stretch of an invading virus’s genes. 1.000

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Simplified: Bacteria turned sequences into genetic material called RNA that could stick precisely to a short stretch of an invading virus’s genes

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Further research revealed that bacteria used these CRISPR sequences as weapons against invading viruses. 1.000

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Simplified: Further research revealed bacteria used CRISPR sequences as weapons against invading viruses

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In the 1980s, microbiologists discovered puzzling stretches of DNA in bacteria, later called Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. 1.000

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Simplified: In 1980s microbiologists discovered puzzling stretches of DNA in bacteria later called Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

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They borrowed their molecular tools from bacteria. 1.000

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Simplified: They borrowed molecular tools from bacteria

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Dr. Doudna and Dr. Charpentier did not invent their gene-editing method from scratch. 1.000

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Simplified: Dr Doudna and Dr Charpentier did not invent their gene-editing method from scratch

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But as CRISPR continues to improve, editing human embryos may eventually become a safe and effective treatment for a variety of diseases. 0.700

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Simplified: Editing human embryos may eventually become a safe and effective treatment for a variety of diseases as CRISPR continues to improve.

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Scientists don’t know of anyone else who has followed Dr. He’s example — yet. 1.000

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Simplified: Scientists do not know of anyone else who has followed Dr. He's example yet.

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They then used CRISPR to snip out the switch that would typically turn off the fetal hemoglobin gene. 1.000

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Simplified: They then used CRISPR to snip out switch that would typically turn off fetal hemoglobin gene

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The researchers extracted immature blood cells from the bone marrow of the volunteers. 1.000

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Simplified: Researchers extracted immature blood cells from bone marrow of volunteers

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MIT Technology Review reported in April that he had recently been released. 1.000

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Simplified: MIT Technology Review reported in April that Dr. He had recently been released.

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These diseases impair hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. 1.000

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Simplified: These diseases impair hemoglobin a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen

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On June 12, researchers from CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex, a Boston-based biotech firm, presented at a scientific meeting new results from their clinical trial involving 75 volunteers who had sickle... 1.000

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Simplified: On June 12 researchers from CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex presented at scientific meeting new results from clinical trial involving 75 volunteers who...

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Caribou Biosciences, co-founded by Dr. Doudna, and CRISPR Therapeutics, co-founded by Dr. Charpentier, are both running clinical trials for CRISPR treatments that fight cancer in another way: by editi... 1.000

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Simplified: Caribou Biosciences co-founded by Dr Doudna and CRISPR Therapeutics co-founded by Dr Charpentier are both running clinical trials for CRISPR treatment...

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Researchers at KSQ Therapeutics, also in Cambridge, used CRISPR to discover a gene that is essential for the growth of certain tumors, for example, and last year, they began a clinical trial of a drug... 1.000

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Simplified: Researchers at KSQ Therapeutics used CRISPR to discover gene essential for growth of certain tumors and last year they began clinical trial of drug th...

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Cancer biologists began systematically altering every gene in cancer cells to see which ones mattered to the disease. 1.000

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Simplified: Cancer biologists began systematically altering every gene in cancer cells to see which ones mattered to disease

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Dr. Dow and his colleagues soon found that the method reliably snipped out pieces of DNA in human cancer cells. 1.000

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Simplified: Dr Dow and colleagues soon found method reliably snipped out pieces of DNA in human cancer cells

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Dr. Doudna recognized early on that CRISPR would pose a number of thorny ethical questions, and after a decade of its development, those questions are more urgent than ever. 1.000

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Simplified: Dr. Doudna recognized early on that CRISPR would pose thorny ethical questions those questions are more urgent than ever after a decade of development...

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Emmanuelle Charpentier, a French microbiologist with the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin, who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2020 with Dr. Doudna. 1.000

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Simplified: Emmanuelle Charpentier a French microbiologist with Max Planck Unit for Science of Pathogens in Berlin shared Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2020 with D...

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The award committee hailed their 2012 study as “an epoch-making experiment.” 1.000

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Simplified: The award committee hailed their 2012 study as an epoch-making experiment.

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Dr. Doudna did not win that race; the first two published papers came from two labs in Cambridge, Mass. — one at the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard, and the other at Harvard. 1.000

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Simplified: Dr Doudna did not win race first two published papers came from two labs in Cambridge Mass one at Broad Institute of M I T and Harvard and other at Ha...

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