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Two masked laboratory researchers examine a specimen through a microscope in a laboratory; the researcher at the microscope wears a white coat and gloves, while the other stands behind in blue scrubs.

January 6, 2021

Genome editing technique “rescues” mice from accelerated aging disorder: study

Researchers from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time have used a novel genome-editing technique to “rescue” mice from progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes accelerated aging.

By Bill Snyder