The clinical progress of mRNA vaccines and immunotherapies

AJ Barbier, AY Jiang, P Zhang, R Wooster… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of two mRNA-based severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 vaccines approximately 11 months after publication of …

AAV vectors: The Rubik's cube of human gene therapy

A Pupo, A Fernández, SH Low, A François… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Defective genes account for∼ 80% of the total of more than 7,000 diseases known to date.
Gene therapy brings the promise of a one-time treatment option that will fix the errors in …

Immune responses to viral gene therapy vectors

JL Shirley, YP de Jong, C Terhorst, RW Herzog - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Several viral vector-based gene therapy drugs have now received marketing approval. A
much larger number of additional viral vectors are in various stages of clinical trials for the …

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 …

In vivo delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 using lipid nanoparticles enables antithrombin gene editing for sustainable hemophilia A and B therapy

JP Han, MJ Kim, BS Choi, JH Lee, GS Lee, M Jeong… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Hemophilia is a hereditary disease that remains incurable. Although innovative treatments
such as gene therapy or bispecific antibody therapy have been introduced, substantial …

AAV vector immunogenicity in humans: a long journey to successful gene transfer

HC Verdera, K Kuranda, F Mingozzi - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Gene therapy with adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors has demonstrated safety and long-
term efficacy in a number of trials across target organs, including eye, liver, skeletal muscle …

CRISPR-Cas9 DNA base-editing and prime-editing

A Kantor, ME McClements, RE MacLaren - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many genetic diseases and undesirable traits are due to base-pair alterations in genomic
DNA. Base-editing, the newest evolution of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

[PDF][PDF] Choice of template delivery mitigates the genotoxic risk and adverse impact of editing in human hematopoietic stem cells

S Ferrari, A Jacob, D Cesana, M Laugel, S Beretta… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Long-range gene editing by homology-directed repair (HDR) in hematopoietic
stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) often relies on viral transduction with recombinant adeno …

Comprehensive assessment of miniature CRISPR-Cas12f nucleases for gene disruption

C Xin, J Yin, S Yuan, L Ou, M Liu, W Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Because of their small size, the recently developed CRISPR-Cas12f nucleases can be
effectively packaged into adeno-associated viruses for gene therapy. However, a systematic …

Evaluating the state of the science for adeno-associated virus integration: An integrated perspective

DE Sabatino, FD Bushman, RJ Chandler, RG Crystal… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
On August 18, 2021, the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) hosted a
virtual roundtable on adeno-associated virus (AAV) integration, featuring leading experts in …