Eric Topol: Latest Clinical Trials of Genome Editing for Sickle Cell Disease and β-Thalassemia
Eric Topol, Founder and Director of Scripps Research Translational Institute, shared a post on X about recent articles, published in NEJM:
“3 new trial results for genome editing of sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia.”
Title: More Options for Gene Editing in Hemoglobinopathies
Author: Franco Locatelli
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Title: Base Editing of HBG1 and HBG2 Promoters for Sickle Cell Disease
Aurthors: Ashish O. Gupta, Akshay Sharma, Haydar Frangoul, Julie Kanter, Markus Y. Mapara, Jignesh Dalal, Asif Alavi, Jennifer J. Jaroscak, Ernesto Ayala, John F. DiPersio, Edward D. Ziga, Mary Eapen, Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg, Alex C. Minella, Yinzhong Chen, Sarah Chesler, Srikanth Ambati, Thomas S. Bowman, Bahru Habtemariam, Marcelyne Joseney-Antoine, Priya S. Chockalingam, Ling Lin, Sunita Goyal, Amy Simon, Alexis A. Thompson, Matthew M. Heeney
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Title: CRISPR-Cas12a Gene Editing of HBG1 and HBG2 Promoters to Treat Sickle Cell Disease
Authors: Rabi Hanna, Haydar Frangoul, Luis Pineiro, Christopher McKinney, Markus Mapara, Jignesh Dalal, Hemalatha G. Rangarajan, Harold Atkins, Akshay Sharma, Kai-Hsin Chang, Michael C. Jaskolka, Keunpyo Kim, Qifeng Yu, Baisong Mei, Olubunmi Afonja, Mark C. Walters
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Title: CRISPR-Cas12a Gene Editing of HBG1 and HBG2 Promoters to Treat β-Thalassemia
Aurhors: : Haydar Frangoul, Rabi Hanna, Mark C. Walters, Roy L. Kao, Clinton Carroll, Meghann McManus, Kai-Hsin Chang, Michael C. Jaskolka, Keunpyo Kim, Qifeng Yu, Nnenna Badamosi, Baisong Mei, Olubunmi Afonja, Alexis Thompson
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