Applications of genome editing technology in the targeted therapy of human diseases: mechanisms, advances and prospects

H Li, Y Yang, W Hong, M Huang, M Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Based on engineered or bacterial nucleases, the development of genome editing
technologies has opened up the possibility of directly targeting and modifying genomic …

Recent progress in aptamer discoveries and modifications for therapeutic applications

S Ni, Z Zhuo, Y Pan, Y Yu, F Li, J Liu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aptamers are oligonucleotide sequences with a length of about 25–80 bases which have
abilities to bind to specific target molecules that rival those of monoclonal antibodies. They …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology-based delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 for cancer treatment

X Xu, C Liu, Y Wang, O Koivisto, J Zhou, Y Shu… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract CRISPR/Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-
associated protein 9) is a potent technology for gene-editing. Owing to its high specificity …

In vivo somatic cell base editing and prime editing

GA Newby, DR Liu - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
Recent advances in genome editing technologies have magnified the prospect of single-
dose cures for many genetic diseases. For most genetic disorders, precise DNA correction is …

Osteosarcoma and metastasis

G Sheng, Y Gao, Y Yang, H Wu - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone malignancy in adolescents. Its high
propensity to metastasize is the leading cause for treatment failure and poor prognosis …

Aptamer functionalized nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Recent advances and new horizons

M Mahmoudpour, S Ding, Z Lyu, G Ebrahimi, D Du… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
With the advancement of functional nanomaterials and aptamer selection technologies,
aptamer functionalized nanomaterials (AFMs) open various methods to design new sensing …

CRISPR-Cas for genome editing: classification, mechanism, designing and applications

S Bhatia, SK Yadav - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Clustered regularly interspersed short pallindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR
associated proteins (Cas) system (CRISPR-Cas) came into light as prokaryotic defence …

[HTML][HTML] Current perspectives on aptamers as diagnostic tools and therapeutic agents

P Kumar Kulabhusan, B Hussain, M Yüce - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aptamers are synthetic single-stranded DNA or RNA sequences selected from combinatorial
oligonucleotide libraries through the well-known in vitro selection and iteration process …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic aptamer targeting sclerostin loop3 for promoting bone formation without increasing cardiovascular risk in osteogenesis imperfecta mice

L Wang, Y Yu, S Ni, D Li, J Liu, D Xie, HY Chu… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Sclerostin inhibition demonstrated bone anabolic potential in osteogenesis
imperfecta (OI) mice, whereas humanized therapeutic sclerostin antibody romosozumab for …

Actively targeted nanomedicines for precision cancer therapy: Concept, construction, challenges and clinical translation

W Gu, F Meng, R Haag, Z Zhong - Journal of controlled release, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of targeted nanomedicines for cancer therapy has been an utmost focus of
research across different fields including materials science, nanotechnology, biotechnology …