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Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann
Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1)
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References:
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell....
[2] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...
[3] https://www.quantamagazine.org/crispr...
[4] http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/201...
[5] http://ir.crisprtx.com/static-files/d...
[6]https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...
[7]https://investors.vrtx.com/news-relea...
[8] https://www.texaschildrens.org/health....
[9] https://www.vox.com/2018/7/23/1759486...