Gene Editing: Past, Present and Future

Simone Lilavois
6 min readJan 31, 2021
Source: The Scientist Magazine

Genes, Proteins, and DNA

The human body is made up of trillions of cells. Most recent estimates put the number of cells at approximately 30 trillion. (Written out, that’s 30,000,000,000,000) Cells are the building blocks of all living things — they have many different parts, each with different functions.

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Simone Lilavois

Simone Lilavois is a NYC high school student passionate about understanding the nature of life in relation to the Cosmos.