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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Directed evolution of a family of AAV capsid variants enabling potent muscle-directed gene delivery across species

M Tabebordbar, KA Lagerborg, A Stanton, EM King… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Replacing or editing disease-causing mutations holds great promise for treating many
human diseases. Yet, delivering therapeutic genetic modifiers to specific cells in vivo has …

Low immunogenicity of LNP allows repeated administrations of CRISPR-Cas9 mRNA into skeletal muscle in mice

E Kenjo, H Hozumi, Y Makita, KA Iwabuchi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome editing therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) holds great promise,
however, one major obstacle is delivery of the CRISPR-Cas9/sgRNA system to skeletal …

Drug delivery systems for CRISPR-based genome editors

V Madigan, F Zhang, JE Dahlman - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
CRISPR-based drugs can theoretically manipulate any genetic target. In practice, however,
these drugs must enter the desired cell without eliciting an unwanted immune response, so …

Delivery of CRISPR-Cas tools for in vivo genome editing therapy: Trends and challenges

EA Taha, J Lee, A Hotta - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
The discovery of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)
genome editing technology opened the door to provide a versatile approach for treating …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to overcome the main challenges of the use of CRISPR/Cas9 as a replacement for cancer therapy

MF Rasul, BM Hussen, A Salihi, BS Ismael, PJ Jalal… - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated protein
9) shows the opportunity to treat a diverse array of untreated various genetic and …

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 …

The delivery challenge: fulfilling the promise of therapeutic genome editing

J van Haasteren, J Li, OJ Scheideler, N Murthy… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genome editing has the potential to treat an extensive range of incurable monogenic and
complex diseases. In particular, advances in sequence-specific nuclease technologies have …

Gene editing restores dystrophin expression in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

L Amoasii, JCW Hildyard, H Li, E Sanchez-Ortiz… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Mutations in the gene encoding dystrophin, a protein that maintains muscle integrity and
function, cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The deltaE50-MD dog model of DMD …