X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (X-CGD) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by high susceptibility to infections that results from genetic mutations in the cytochrome b-245 beta chain ...
With a shared purpose, we can realize the true promise of CRISPR and improve healthcare, providing hope to more patients with ...
A collaboration between scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and Beam Therapeutics has resulted in a new base editing therapy for Stargardt disease, the most ...
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a promising gene-editing therapy that directly corrects a genetic mutation responsible ...
Base editors are a type of gene editing tool designed to make precise changes to DNA at the single-nucleotide level. They are used to correct genetic variants that cause disease. 1 This article ...
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Scientists and physicians can better assess precision genome editing technology using a new method made public today by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Significant amounts of time and resources ...
Beam Therapeutics’ experimental gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease now has its first cut of patient data showing signs of treating the rare blood disorder in a way that could differentiate ...
You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania with a rare genetic disorder was healed with a personalized treatment that repaired his specific genetic mutation. The treatment was ...