Gene editing offers the potential to fix specific DNA mutations that cause genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anemia.

“if a person has a disease like cystic fibrosis or CLE cell anemia where we really know in unambiguous terms where on the DNA uh where where in the gene this this lies where in the DNA we know what the substitution is we know which C was turned into a g or a T and all we need to be able to do is go in there and fix it”