The findings, described in the March 30 issue of Nature Biotechnology, offer the first evidence that this gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, can reverse disease symptoms in living animals. read more
DNA is pretty much the same. A mutation is just a change in the genes, but not irreversible. read more
Forward mutations inactivate a gene, and back mutations (or revertants) reverse their effects. Insertions can revert by deletion of the inserted material, but deletions cannot revert. Suppression occurs when a mutation in a second gene bypasses the effect of mutation in the first gene. read more