CRISPR-Based Therapeutic Genome Editing: Strategies and In Vivo Delivery by AAV Vectors.

Wang, Dan; Zhang, Feng; Gao, Guangping · Cell · 2020

review · Level V

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Abstract

The development of clustered regularly interspaced short-palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-based biotechnologies has revolutionized the life sciences and introduced new therapeutic modalities with the potential to treat a wide range of diseases. Here, we describe CRISPR-based strategies to improve human health, with an emphasis on the delivery of CRISPR therapeutics directly into the human body using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. We also discuss challenges facing broad deployment of CRISPR-based therapeutics and highlight areas where continued discovery and technological development can further advance these revolutionary new treatments.

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