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Scientists Devise a Method to Edit Mitochondrial DNA. Here’s How It Works and Why It Matters

There’s a mini second genome inside your cells, but no one could figure out how to edit it — until now.

By Nathaniel Scharping
Dec 9, 2020 2:00 PMMar 21, 2023 8:20 PM
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