From mice with two fathers to cures for debilitating diseases, the transformative power of genomic technology requires some big decisions on what we want to do with it
RIVER WEATHERBY is an energetic 2-year-old, all thanks to a groundbreaking trial of genome sequencing for sick newborns. Sequencing his genome revealed that he had a rare disease, and he has thrived since getting treatment .
More good news comes with the development of a cure for sickle cell, a devastating condition affecting 7 million people worldwide, using CRISPR gene editing (see
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