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Refining strategies to translate genome editing to the clinic

Tatjana I. Cornu, +2 more
- 01 Apr 2017 - 
- Vol. 23, Iss: 4, pp 415-423
TLDR
The advances made in the gene-editing field in recent years are discussed, and priorities that need to be addressed to expand therapeutic genome editing to further disease entities are specified.
Abstract
In this Review, Cathomen and colleagues present the latest advances, including improvements in nuclease specificity and delivery, that will expedite the clinical translation of genome editing.

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TL;DR: This study reveals a family of endonucleases that use dual-RNAs for site-specific DNA cleavage and highlights the potential to exploit the system for RNA-programmable genome editing.
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Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems

TL;DR: Two different type II CRISPR/Cas systems are engineered and it is demonstrated that Cas9 nucleases can be directed by short RNAs to induce precise cleavage at endogenous genomic loci in human and mouse cells, demonstrating easy programmability and wide applicability of the RNA-guided nuclease technology.
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RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering via Cas9

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Programmable editing of a target base in genomic DNA without double-stranded DNA cleavage

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