A Glance at the Recent Advances in fighting against 10 Diseases with CRISPR's capabilities.

A simple tool that scientists can wield to snip and edit DNA is speeding the pace of advancements that could lead to treating and preventing diseases.

Findings are now coming quickly, as researchers can publish the results of their work that's made use of the tool, called CRISPR-Cas9.

The tool, often called CRISPR for short, was first shown to be able to snip DNA in 2011.

It consists of a protein and a cousin of DNA, called RNA.

Scientists can use it to cut DNA strands at very precise locations, enabling them to remove mutated parts of genes from a strand of genetic material.

An attempt has been made in this Booklet to include the results of studies- some promising, some critical -that used CRISPR to snip out and replace unwanted DNA to develop treatments for:

Cancer,

HIV,

Blindness,

Chronic pain,

Muscular dystrophy and

Huntington's disease, to quote a few.

….. Dr. H. K. Saboowala. MB(Bom) MRSH(London)