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Gene Therapy's Dark Ages

Distillations: Science + Culture + History by Science History Institute

Aug 19, 202549:02Science & Medicine

Gene therapy is based on a simple-sounding, yet deceptively complicated premise: adding or replacing faulty genes to fix medical problems. A compelling idea that came out of breakthroughs in DNA research, the field grew...

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Gene Therapy's Dark Ages is an episode from Distillations: Science + Culture + History by Science History Institute. Gene therapy is based on a simple-sounding, yet deceptively complicated premise: adding or replacing faulty genes to fix me...

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Published Aug 19, 2025, 49:02 long, audio available.