Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome
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... post was originally written in 2014 by Kendall Morgan and updated in 2022 by Lucie Wilson. Lucie is an...used to generate mutations in a wide range of organisms, but its potential to efficiently correct disease...functional correction of the gene in clonally expanded organoids.
“CRISPR in adult stem cells has huge potential...potential, because the genomes of adult stem cells in organoid cultures are stable,” said Gerald Schwank, first..., however, because the disease affects multiple organ systems. Nevertheless, the findings are proof-of-principle...of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in Intestinal Stem Cell Organoids of Cystic Fibrosis Patients." Cell Stem Cell. ...