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New UC Berkeley Facility Focuses on Cures for Genetic Diseases

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A new UC Berkeley research facility is devoted to finding cures for genetic diseases like cancer and cystic fibrosis. The Innovative Genomics Initiative will have a $20 million annual budget, and will use a technology called CRISPR: a fast and precise way to make changes, or fixes, inside the DNA of a cell.

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