We Are About to Enter the Golden Age of Gene Therapy
We Are About to Enter the Golden Age of Gene Therapy
admin 2024/01/02 14:49Eleven years ago, gene therapy — where defective genes are snipped out of DNA and replaced with healthy ones — became a household name.
Gene therapy has experienced a complete renaissance — where will it go in 2024 and beyond? A landmark paper proved that scientists could precisely manipulate DNA in ways previously thought unimaginable using CRISPR-Cas9, an editing tool adapted from the immune system found in some bacteria. Almost overnight, the idea of designer babies, kill-switch mosquitoes, and cancer-off buttons stormed into mainstream imagination.
Since then, gene therapy has experienced a complete renaissance, culminating this past November and early December when medical regulators in the U.K. and U.S. officially approved Casgevy, the first CRISPR-based gene therapy for treating two blood disorders: sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia (in the U.S., the new therapy has yet to be approved for the latter).
Learn more: https://www.inverse.com/health/best-health-breakthrough...
Gene therapy has experienced a complete renaissance — where will it go in 2024 and beyond? A landmark paper proved that scientists could precisely manipulate DNA in ways previously thought unimaginable using CRISPR-Cas9, an editing tool adapted from the immune system found in some bacteria. Almost overnight, the idea of designer babies, kill-switch mosquitoes, and cancer-off buttons stormed into mainstream imagination.
Since then, gene therapy has experienced a complete renaissance, culminating this past November and early December when medical regulators in the U.K. and U.S. officially approved Casgevy, the first CRISPR-based gene therapy for treating two blood disorders: sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia (in the U.S., the new therapy has yet to be approved for the latter).
Learn more: https://www.inverse.com/health/best-health-breakthrough...
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