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An uneven race: genome editing for parasitic worms

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This month’s Genome Watch highlights recent advances in genome editing of parasitic worms that affect one-fifth of humans globally.

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  1. Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK

    Geetha Sankaranarayanan, Matthew Berriman & Gabriel Rinaldi

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Sankaranarayanan, G., Berriman, M. & Rinaldi, G. An uneven race: genome editing for parasitic worms. Nat Rev Microbiol 19, 621 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-021-00625-5

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