How researchers are trying to use CRISPR to help people with rare genetic disorders

The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR is promising to revolutionize medicine.

But for people born with thousands of very rare genetic disorders, the era of CRISPR is bittersweet. That’s because their disorders are too rare to attract drug companies to develop a CRISPR cure for them.

But some researchers are trying to do something about the problem by building a CRISPR toolbox that is more adaptable and less expensive.

NPR’s Rob Stein reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.