But no one yet knows which approach will work best with which diseases.
How will decisions be made about which diseases receive the greatest resources?
(For competitive reasons, the company declined to say which diseases it is researching).
Certainly medical advances would occur, but which diseases would they pertain to?
Now, investigating further, they found out which diseases are more likely to lead to death in each weight group.
The work highlighted how biological ageing modifies the symptoms with which diseases become apparent and their response to treatment.
What you eat affects which diseases you may develop, regardless of whether you're thin or fat.
Drug companies and research institutions are now trying to recruit thousands of people to donate DNA samples in efforts to determine which SNP's contribute to which diseases.
Thinning – when workers cull some of the chickens, catching them by the legs – is stressful and the point at which diseases can often enter a shed.
For some years, I was a lay member of the national screening committee, weighing up excruciating choices about which diseases it was worth screening for.
None have yet announced which diseases they are pursuing and a legal battle around who exactly owns the rights to Crispr technology rages.
