article_snippet.sent: The team tried to tweak the gene responsible for β-thalassaemia, a potentially deadly blood disorder, using a germ line editing technique known as CRISPR/Cas9.
article_snippet.sent: The team studied the ability of the CRISPR/Cas9 system to edit the gene called HBB responsible for β-thalassaemia .
article_snippet.sent: The team tried to tweak the gene responsible for β-thalassaemia, a potentially deadly blood disorder, using a germ line editing technique known as CRISPR/Cas9.
article_snippet.sent: Huang's group studied the ability of the CRISPR/Cas9 system to edit the gene called HBB.
article_snippet.sent: The warning follows a breakthrough last April in which scientists were able to cure a genetic liver disease in living, adult mice using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique.
highlights_snippet.sent: Chinese scientists tried to tweak gene responsible for a blood disorder .
  