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Eric Topol

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Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

Yeah, I think that goes back to a point earlier, maybe to amplify.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

In that previous CRISPR generation, it required outside-the-body work, and it was extremely laborious and time-consuming and obviously added much more to the expense because of hospitalization time.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

this is different.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

This is basically doing this inside the affected patient's body.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

And that is so one of the biggest reasons why this is a big step forward and why we're so fortunate that your center is moving forward.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

Maybe before we wrap up, you might want to comment, Jennifer, on

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

how you were able to bring in, to build this platform, the manufacturing arm of it, because that seems to be yet another dimension that's helpful.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

Oh, that's phenomenal because some of these disorders you don't have that much time to work with before they could be brain or organ or vital tissue damage.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

So that's great to hear that.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

What you built here is the significance of it can't be under-emphasized, I'll say, because we have this May report of baby KJ, which could have been a one-off.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

And it could have been years before we saw another cure of an ultra-rare disorder.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

And what you're doing here is insurance against that.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

You're going to have many more cracks at this.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

And I think this is the excitement about having a new dedicated center.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

So just in closing, some remarks from you, Priscilla?

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

And over to you, Jennifer.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

For sure.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

Now, if I could just sum up, this is now a decade past the origination of your work of CRISPR and how already at the first decade culminated in sickle cell disease treatment and beta-thal.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

Now we're into the second decade of CRISPR and look what we've seen.

Ground Truths
Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

Something I didn't think would be, it was unimaginable until it actually happened and was reported just a little over a month ago.