A New CRISPR Technique Let Researchers Repair a Genetic Mutation in Viable Human Embryos

August 21, 2018

(Futurism) – The researchers behind the current study decided to test base editing on the mutation that causes Marfan Syndrome, because all it should take to correct it is changing the G in the FBN1 gene to a healthy A. And it mostly seemed go as planned. According to the study, the researchers were able to correct the mutation that causes Marfan Syndrome in 18 viable human embryos — embryos created by joining a sperm and an egg that doctors could conceivably implant into a person to induce pregnancy.