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The Combination of CRISPR/Cas9 and iPSC Technologies in the Gene Therapy of Human β-thalassemia in Mice.
Scientific reports - 1 Sept 2016
Ou Zhanhui, Niu Xiaohua, He Wenyin, Chen Yuchang, Song Bing, Xian Yexing, Fan Di, Tang Daolin, Sun Xiaofang
Abstract excerpt
β-thalassemia results from point mutations or small deletions in the β-globin (HBB) gene that ultimately cause anemia. The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from the somatic cells of patients in combination with subsequent homologous recombination-based gene correction provides new approaches to cure this disease. CRISPR/Cas9 is a genome editing tool that is creating a buzz in the scientific...
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