For roughly one in ten people living with cystic fibrosis, the drugs that have transformed survival for most CF patients are ...
Scientists have used prime editing to permanently correct nonsense mutations in the CFTR gene, which cause cystic fibrosis in about 10% of patients who do not benefit from existing drugs. The method ...
A novel nonsense variant in RTEL1 gene contributes to familial pulmonary fibrosis, emphasizing telomere-related gene mutations in interstitial lung disease. Genetic testing is essential for diagnosing ...
A new paper from the laboratory of David Liu, PhD, at the Broad Institute describes a genome-editing strategy that could result in a one-time treatment for multiple unrelated genetic diseases. The new ...