The promise and challenge of therapeutic genome editing

JA Doudna - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Genome editing, which involves the precise manipulation of cellular DNA sequences to alter
cell fates and organism traits, has the potential to both improve our understanding of human …

[HTML][HTML] Improving clinical trial outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MC Kiernan, S Vucic, K Talbot, CJ McDermott… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Individuals who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) today face the same
historically intransigent problem that has existed since the initial description of the disease in …

Selective organ targeting (SORT) nanoparticles for tissue-specific mRNA delivery and CRISPR–Cas gene editing

Q Cheng, T Wei, L Farbiak, LT Johnson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas gene editing and messenger RNA-based protein replacement therapy hold
tremendous potential to effectively treat disease-causing mutations with diverse cellular …

Chromothripsis as an on-target consequence of CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing

ML Leibowitz, S Papathanasiou, PA Doerfler… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome editing has therapeutic potential for treating genetic diseases and cancer.
However, the currently most practicable approaches rely on the generation of DNA double …

Programmed genome editing by a miniature CRISPR-Cas12f nuclease

Z Wu, Y Zhang, H Yu, D Pan, Y Wang, Y Wang… - Nature chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
The RNA-guided CRISPR-associated (Cas) nucleases are versatile tools for genome editing
in various organisms. The large sizes of the commonly used Cas9 and Cas12a nucleases …

Enhanced CRISPR-Cas9 correction of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mice by a self-complementary AAV delivery system

Y Zhang, H Li, YL Min, E Sanchez-Ortiz, J Huang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal neuromuscular disease caused by
mutations in the dystrophin gene (DMD). Previously, we applied CRISPR-Cas9–mediated …

The next generation of CRISPR–Cas technologies and applications

A Pickar-Oliver, CA Gersbach - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
The prokaryote-derived CRISPR–Cas genome editing systems have transformed our ability
to manipulate, detect, image and annotate specific DNA and RNA sequences in living cells …

Precise correction of Duchenne muscular dystrophy exon deletion mutations by base and prime editing

F Chemello, AC Chai, H Li, C Rodriguez-Caycedo… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal muscle disease caused by the lack of
dystrophin, which maintains muscle membrane integrity. We used an adenine base editor …

Adeno-associated virus vector as a platform for gene therapy delivery

D Wang, PWL Tai, G Gao - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are the leading platform for gene delivery for the
treatment of a variety of human diseases. Recent advances in developing clinically …

[PDF][PDF] CRISPR-based genome editing through the lens of DNA repair

TS Nambiar, L Baudrier, P Billon, A Ciccia - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Genome editing technologies operate by inducing site-specific DNA perturbations that are
resolved by cellular DNA repair pathways. Products of genome editors include DNA breaks …