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A Newer Kind of Gene Editing Promises to Edit ‘Nurture’ Over ‘Nature’

A Newer Kind of Gene Editing Promises to Edit ‘Nurture’ Over ‘Nature’
NYT Science Tuesday 08 September 2026, 09:03 UTC By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn 1 min read
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Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.

Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.
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