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- Title
Genome Editing Techniques and Their Therapeutic Applications.
- Authors
Calos, MP
- Abstract
Fueled by advances in the field of genetics, the methods available to edit DNA sequences in living cells have continued to develop steadily. These technologies directly impact the fields of gene and cell therapy, where changes in the DNA sequence of target cells offer a route to correct genetic diseases and manipulate disorders like cancer. We review here the expanding menu of genome editing techniques and how they are being applied to therapeutic targets. The methods encompass a myriad of approaches to modify the covalent structure of DNA, including the targeted creation of double-strand breaks that can catalyze genomic changes, as well as the use of retroviruses and transposons to mediate gene addition, recombinases for sequence-specific gene addition and deletion, and base repair for direct sequence changes. The continued growth of the exciting field of genome editing is opening new possibilities for therapeutic intervention.
- Subjects
GENOME editing; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; HUMAN deletion mutation; THERAPEUTIC use of retroviruses; TRANSPOSONS; DELETION mutation
- Publication
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2017, Vol 101, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
0009-9236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cpt.542