OHSU tests CRISPR gene-editing technology to treat deadly heart condition

OHSU tests CRISPR gene-editing technology to treat deadly heart condition

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Ken Hawkins, a 77-year-old retiree from Southern Oregon, traveled to Oregon Health & Science University to participate in a clinical trial testing a technique that blocks the production of a protein that causes a life-threatening condition known as transthyretin amyloidosis. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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