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I'll start with a high-level overview of how CRISPR works and its legitimate medical applications.

CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) works like a precise genetic scissors that can edit DNA. Here's what makes it so revolutionary for medicine:

Currently, it's being used in several approved clinical trials for treating genetic diseases like:
- Sickle cell disease, where scientists can edit bone marrow cells to produce healthy hemoglobin
- Some forms of inherited blindness, where specific gene mutations can be corrected
- Certain types of cancer, where T-cells can be edited to better fight cancer cells

The way AI integrates with this research is fascinating - it helps:
- Predict the most effective targeting sequences for CRISPR edits
- Reduce off-target effects
- Model potential protein interactions
- Analyze vast amounts of genetic data to identify therapeutic targets



We've donated a large supply of the token to the big PHARMAI dao to further this research 