Last week, the genome-editing scientists behind base editing, a technology dubbed CRISPR 2.0, gathered for an update from the competition. Intellia Therapeutics, a company invested in the classic form of CRISPR, was to unveil its take on base editing, a refined approach to fixing DNA that corrects single letters of the genome without breaking the double helix.
The presentation, hosted by the famed Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, sounded familiar.
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