Salk scientists modify CRISPR to epigenetically treat diabetes, kidney disease, muscular dystrophy

Salk scientists have created a new version of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology that allows them to activate genes without creating breaks in the DNA, potentially circumventing a major hurdle to using gene editing technologies to treat human diseases.  Read more here: https://www.salk.edu/news-release/sal...

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