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Correction of the Marfan Syndrome Pathogenic FBN1 Mutation by Base Editing in Human Cells and Heterozygous Embryos.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 7 Nov 2018
Zeng Yanting, Li Jianan, Li Guanglei, Huang Shisheng, Yu Wenxia, Zhang Yu, Chen Dunjin, Chen Jia, Liu Jianqiao, Huang Xingxu
Abstract excerpt
There are urgent demands for efficient treatment of heritable genetic diseases. The base editing technology has displayed its efficiency and precision in base substitution in human embryos, providing a potential early-stage treatment for genetic diseases. Taking advantage of this technology, we corrected a Marfan syndrome pathogenic mutation, FBN1T7498C. We first tested the feasibility in mutant cells, then...
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