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>>9994614
No, but that is one of it's applications. CRISPR/Cas9 is a molecular technique that can create cuts in a specific sequence of DNA . If you target the Cas9 nuclease to a sequence of a gene that has a defect and then provide a template of DNA with the correct sequence, the cells DNA repair machinery will use the template DNA provided to repair the site of the cut. This will remove the mutation that was associated with the defective gene.