Gene Editing: Promise and Responsibility

Abstract

Gene editing is one of the most powerful scientific tools of our time. It started as a laboratory discovery but has now moved into medicine and farming with big impact. The approval of CRISPR-based treatments for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia showed that editing genes can cure serious inherited illnesses. This was a turning point, proving that science can change lives in ways once thought impossible. Since then, new methods, like base editing and prime editing, have made the process even more accurate, cutting down mistakes and making treatments safer.