Genome editing

Genome editing is like playing with Legos, but instead of blocks we are changing the pieces that make us who we are.

Our bodies are made up of cells and inside those cells, there's a thing called DNA. DNA is like a recipe book for our bodies. It tells our cells how to grow and work together to make us who we are.

Sometimes, our DNA has mistakes or problems which cause diseases that can make us very sick. Scientists are now trying to use genome editing to fix these mistakes and help our bodies work the right way.

Think of it like editing a storybook. Just like how you can change some words or sentences to make a story better, scientists can change some parts of the DNA to make our bodies work better.

They use special tools like CRISPR to cut and paste DNA. It's like a tiny pair of scissors and glue that can go in and take out the bad parts of our DNA and replace them with good ones.

Genome editing is still new and scientists are still figuring out how to do it safely and effectively, but someday it could help us cure many diseases and improve our lives.