Sentences with phrase «therapeutic gene editing»
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«Neuroscientists are using these new gene - editing and molecular tools to develop potential therapeutic targets across multiple disease fronts.»
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The study paves the way for CRISPR - Cas9 as a powerful gene editing tool with potential therapeutic applications for inherited diseases — leading to more widely available gene therapy techniques.
To achieve gene editing in mice with thalassemia, professor of therapeutic radiology and of genetics Peter M. Glazer, M.D. and his co-authors developed an alternative approach using a novel combination of nanoparticles, synthetic pieces of DNA, and a simple IV injection.
We are concerned that a public outcry about such an ethical breach could hinder a promising area of therapeutic development,» write Lanphier and his colleagues, who include Fyodor Urnov, a pioneer in gene - editing techniques and scientist at Sangamo BioSciences in Richmond, California.
«Body's own gene editing system generates leukemia stem cells: Inhibiting the editing enzyme may provide a new therapeutic approach for blood cancers.»
[13] Researchers currently focusing on innovations like synthetic blood and gene editing are by and large working on their therapeutic applications.
Therapeutic applications of CRISPR - Cas gene editing are being advanced with the goals of finding cures and treatments for a range of serious diseases, developing needed medicines for both household pets and production animals, and improving cell culture systems for bioproduction.
Projects also address potential approaches to therapeutic genome editing, as well as epigenetic modifications to control gene expression.
Genomic engineering as a promising cancer therapeutic approach has experienced a tremendous surge since the discovery of the adaptive bacterial immune defense system «CRISPR» and its potential as a gene editing tool over a decade ago.
«Lamin A mutations mainly effect mesoderm - derived tissues, thus gene - editing in these cells could be an attractive therapeutic option.»
Sansbury and Kmiec said that while their work with their CRISPR - Cpf1tool has confirmed its usefulness for reliably editing DNA samples that are part of a diagnostic test, it is not yet fully developed as a therapeutic tool for directly treating disorders that would involve repairing or removing malfunctioning genes in humans, animals or plants.