Commentary
In January, a group of scientists started working on clinical trials to cure sickle cell anemia, an inherited disease which causes red blood cells to form in a sickle shape and prevents them from properly carrying oxygen through the body.
CRISPR-Cas9 technology co-inventor Jennifer Doudna speaks onstage at WIRED Business Conference Presented by Visa at Spring Studios in New York City, N.Y., on June 7, 2017. Brian Ach/Getty Images for Wired
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Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich is an author, commentator, and former Georgia congressman who was the 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He ran as a presidential Republican candidate in 2012.
