By Danielle Gerhard, PhD – The Scientist –
ike the find-and-replace feature of a word processor, CRISPR-based engineering allows scientists to quickly and efficiently edit DNA sequences with base pair precision. Lauded as the great democratizer of gene editing, CRISPR technologies have advanced disease modeling, functional genomics, and gene therapies.1 However, similar tools for RNA editing remain limited.
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/U5VZBBJ5SBJARD5TTCJHHDF6VM.jpg "FDA panel says Vertex/CRISPR to assess safety risks of gene therapy in follow-up study")
