Correction of a Disease-causing Mutation with CRISPR-Cas9 Genetic Scissors

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Genetic Disorders : Do you know that about 1% of newborn babies have genetic disorders? These disorders account for around 40% of pediatric cases. There are more than 10,000 inheritable diseases, such as hemophilia and sickle cell anemia. Most of them are impossible to be cured completely and what’s worse is that mutation-inducing genes are inherited by succeeding generations.