What if, instead of treating symptoms of genetic disease, we could correct the cause of the disease? @TEDMED
What if, instead of treating symptoms of genetic disease, we could correct the cause of the disease?  @TEDMED
Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What if pathogenic diseases, like sickle cell and Parkinson’s Disease, could be treated before they even appear? Nicole Gaudelli, Senior Scientist & Program Leader at Beam Therapeutics, tells us that state-of-the art gene editing technology can now alter base pairs in genomic DNA. Watch Nicole’s TEDMED 2018 Hive Talk to learn how we can change the future of pathogenic disease, by getting down to the base level.
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What if, instead of treating symptoms of genetic disease, we could correct the cause of the disease?

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