Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing
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...nonsense-mediated decay. Although Nelson et al. observed only 2% genome editing in one experiment, they found the ... cells throughout the body, especially stem cells
2. Remove any immunogenicity of the AAV vector
Once ...Science. 2015 Dec 31. doi:10.1126/science.aae0169
2. Long C, Amoasii L, Mireault AA, McAnally JR, Li H...dystrophin transcript. Unfortunately, the oligonucleotides only modestly improve muscle function, and they must...wasting leading to death at around 30 years of age. Despite the amount of research conducted on DMD, there ... over time, stem cell editing would be highly desirable. Should stem cell editing occur, the CRISPR components... for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. gRNAs can be designed to flank a single or multiple exons that, when...