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The Gene Doctors

Science & Nature
Digital Series

The Gene Doctors

Science & Nature
Digital Series

Every year, a million babies are born worldwide with hereditary diseases. Physicians once had little to offer. But now a new breed of gene doctors is on the case. Devising treatments that target the root causes, they are transforming patients’ lives.
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The Gene Doctors
54:11
The Gene Doctors
Targeting the root causes of genetic disease, doctors can now transform patients’ lives.
The Gene Doctors: Trailer
2:08
The Gene Doctors: Trailer
Targeting the causes of genetic disease, doctors are now transforming patients’ lives.
What is CRISPR?
1:25
What is CRISPR?
See how a revolutionary technology called CRISPR is changing the future of medicine.
Molly Troxel
5:42
Molly Troxel
Molly was born with an inherited genetic mutation, causing blindness.
Kimberly Ramirez
6:24
Kimberly Ramirez
Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal genetic disease in the US.
Austin and Max LeClaire
5:57
Austin and Max LeClaire
Brothers Austin and Max were born with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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