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Why is CRISPR important?

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CRISPR fixes genetic code typos or mistakes

to help cure diseases

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give the person desired genes or traits

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The answer is CRISPR is an acronym for “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats.” CRISPR genome engineering technology enables scientists to easily and precisely edit the DNA of any genome. In nature, the CRISPR palindromic repeats play an important role in microbial immunity.
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