Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakaae ngā kaipūtaiao Hainamana kua whakarerekētia ngā ira o ngā kikokiko tangata mō te wā tuatahi. E whakapumautia ana e te whakapuakitanga nga korero e mea ana kei te whakahaerehia e etahi kairangahau nga whakamātautau iranga e tautohetia ana. Kua whakawehi kē ētahi kaipūtaiao i te whakaaro, i te wehi ka taea te whakamahi hē ki te tuku i nga matua ki te 'whiri' i nga ira ka tukuna e ratou ki a ratou mokopuna. Kua whakaae ngā kaipūtaiao Hainamana kua whakarerekētia ngā ira o ngā kikokiko tangata, pēnei i te mea i runga ake nei, mō te wā tuatahi i roto i te hītori. Ko te whakapuakitanga e whakamana ana i nga korero e kii ana ko etahi kairangahau e whakahaere ana i nga whakamatautau e tautohetia ana e te ture. I whakamātau te rōpū ki te whakarerekē i te ira e pā ana ki te β-thalassaemia, he mate toto whakamate pea, mā te whakamahi i tētahi tikanga whakarerekētanga rārangi ira e mōhiotia ana ko CRISPR/Cas9. Ko te hangarau CRISPR e whakarerekē tika ana i ngā wāhanga o te waehere iranga. Kāore i rite ki ētahi atu taputapu whakamutua ira, ka whāia e te pūnaha CRISPR te rauemi pūtake o te ira tangata, ā, ka whakamutua tonutia ngā ira i te taumata DNA. Ko te tapahi DNA <unk> e mōhiotia ana ko te wehenga aho takirua <unk> e tino rite ana ki ngā momo irakētanga e puta noa ana, hei tauira i muri i te pānga roa o te ra. Engari kāore i rite ki ngā hihi UV e taea ai te whakarerekē i ngā ira, ka puta te huringa o te pūnaha CRISPR i tētahi wāhi pū i roto i te ira. I te wā e whakatikatika ana te pūtau i te pakaru o te DNA, ka tangohia he wāhanga iti o te DNA. I tēnei ara, ka taea e ngā kairangahau te whakakore tika i ngā ira motuhake i roto i te huinga ira. I ako te rōpū i te āhei o te pūnaha CRISPR/Cas9 ki te whakatika i te ira e kiia nei ko HBB kawenga mō te β-thalassaemia. Heoi anō, e tautohe ana ētahi atu ka taea hoki te whakamahi i te hangarau hei whakakore i ngā whānau i ngā mate tuku iho kino pēnei i te cystic fibrosis, i ētahi mate pukupuku rānei. Kua whakaputaina e nga kairangahau o te Whare Wananga o Sun Yat-sen i Guangzho i tenei ra a raatau rangahau i roto i te niupepa Protein & Cell, e ai ki tetahi purongo i Nature. I roto i te pepa, i ngana nga kairangahau i arahina e Junjiu Huang ki te whakaiti i nga awangawanga ma te whakamahi i nga kikokiko 'kore-mahi', kaore e taea te whanake hei peepi. I whakamātau te rōpū ki te whakarerekē i te ira kawenga mō...
I whakamātau ngā kaipūtaiao Hainamana ki te whakarerekē i te ira e pā ana ki te mate toto. Kua karanga ngā kairangahau ārahi kia whakatārewatia taua rangahau kia taea ra ano ngā pānga me te haumaru o te hangarau. E whakatūpato ana rātau ko te whakarerekētanga o te rārangi iramutu 'he mea mōrearea, ā, e kore e whakaaetia i runga i te tikanga matatika' E wehi ana ētahi ka taea te whakamahi hē i te tikanga hei waihanga i ngā 'whānau hoahoa'