Genome editing, which is also called gene editing, is a group of processes and technologies that allow scientists to change genes and DNA inside living organisms. Scientists use gene editing to add, remove, or change genes and parts of genes. They have developed several ways to do this and use gene editing in many applications. Medical research is one of the most important and widely publicized applications for gene editing, but scientists have also used gene editing in research dealing with... more

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