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Chicago Full: SciShow, "CRISPR Just Saved a Baby’s Life… Millions Could Follow.", December 3, 2025, YouTube, 13:37,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nVQo76iEoms.
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In 2025, researchers announced a first of its kind breakthrough: They'd created a customized gene editor made for just one person. And it probably saved this tiny infant from a devastating liver disease. Here's how CRISPR saved a baby's life.









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