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I wouldn't characterize it like that. It makes mistakes. It's a scalpel in shaky hands. When it works correctly it is very precise but just not 100% reliably.

in vitro there are various techniques where you use crispr on a cell line and then purify it by killing off the cells with errors and only then implant them

in vivo... well there are errors and among other effects are potential cancer

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