If successful, the new technique could give a major boost to the fledgling field of gene therapy. There also are gene therapies that do not involve editing DNA. Gene editing isn’t about designer babies, it’s about hope for people like me | Alex Lee Read moreThe therapy has three parts: the new gene and two zinc finger proteins. One potential problem is that the virus might provoke an immune system attack, which caused the death of 18-year-old Jesse Gelsinger during a gene therapy study in 1999. “The advantage with gene editing is you can put the gene in where you want it.”Finally, some fear that the virus could get into other places like the heart, or eggs and sperm where it could affect future generations.

Source: The Guardian November 15, 2017 12:33 UTC