Samira Kiani, a Fulton Schools assistant professor of biomedical engineering, leads an eye-opening discussion on the groundbreaking medical advances that could be on the horizon with gene editing. Kiani has extensive experience working with CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology and in employing it to develop synthetic gene circuits used to reprogram the behavior and functions of mammalian cells. The technology could allow researchers to repair or disable genes and more closely approximate nature, making it possible to potentially provide the correct template to a cell to repair mutations that are causing a particular genetic disease.