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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Research led by University of California, Irvine - CRISPR Therapy Restores Retinal and Visual Function in Mice

Title:
CRISPR Therapy Restores Retinal and Visual Function in Mice

Source:
UCL School of Medicine

Published:
Technology Networks, 20 October 2020

From the article:
A breakthrough study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, results in the restoration of retinal and visual functions of mice models suffering from inherited retinal disease.
 
Published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the paper, titled, “Restoration of visual function in adult mice with an inherited retinal disease via adenine base editing,” illustrates the use of a new generation CRISPR technology and lays the foundation for the development of a new therapeutic modality for a wide range of inherited ocular diseases caused by different gene mutations.