Evolution of CRISPR/cas systems for precise genome editing

M Hryhorowicz, D Lipiński, J Zeyland - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The bacteria-derived CRISPR/Cas (an acronym for regularly interspaced short palindromic
repeats/CRISPR-associated protein) system is currently the most widely used, versatile, and …

Biomaterials-mediated CRISPR/Cas9 delivery: recent challenges and opportunities in gene therapy

AK Dubey, E Mostafavi - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The use of biomaterials in delivering CRISPR/Cas9 for gene therapy in infectious diseases
holds tremendous potential. This innovative approach combines the advantages of …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and progress related to gene editing in rare skin diseases

J Piñón-Hofbauer, C Guttmann-Gruber, V Wally… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Genodermatoses represent a large group of inherited skin disorders encompassing
clinically-heterogeneous conditions that manifest in the skin and other organs. Depending …

Toward the clinical development of synthetic immunity to cancer

JM Garcia, CE Burnett, KT Roybal - Immunological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic biology (synbio) tools, such as chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), have been
designed to target, activate, and improve immune cell responses to tumors. These therapies …

AAV-based CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing: challenges and engineering opportunities

AM Kabadi, MK Mejia-Guerra, JD Graef… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent innovations in the field of gene therapy have paved the way for advances towards
developing genome editing medicines. Despite these steps forward, challenges with viral …

Therapeutic applications of CRISPR/Cas9 mediated targeted gene editing in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: current perspectives, future challenges, and clinical …

AJB Assis, BLO Santana, ACM Gualberto… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is the predominant hematological malignancy in
pediatric populations, originating from B-or T-cell precursors within the bone marrow. The …

Base editing strategies to convert CAG to CAA diminish the disease-causing mutation in Huntington's disease

DE Choi, JW Shin, S Zeng, EP Hong, JH Jang… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
An expanded CAG repeat in the huntingtin gene (HTT) causes Huntington's disease (HD).
Since the length of uninterrupted CAG repeat, not polyglutamine, determines the age-at …

AAV immunotoxicity: Implications in anti-HBV gene therapy

R Jacobs, MD Dogbey, N Mnyandu, K Neves, S Barth… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has afflicted humankind for decades and there is still no treatment
that can clear the infection. The development of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) …

[HTML][HTML] Preexisting maternal immunity to AAV but not Cas9 impairs in utero gene editing in mice

JS Riley, VL Luks, CL Berkowitz… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In utero gene editing (IUGE) is a potential treatment for inherited diseases that cause
pathology before or soon after birth. Preexisting immunity to adeno-associated virus (AAV) …

Non-viral delivery of RNA for therapeutic T cell engineering

D Berdecka, SC De Smedt, WH De Vos… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Adoptive T cell transfer has shown great success in treating blood cancers, resulting in a
growing number of FDA-approved therapies using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) …