Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications

Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications

Editorial summary The development of the CRISPR-Cas platform for genome editing has greatly simplified the process of making targeted genetic modifications. Applications of genome editing are expected to have a substantial impact on human therapies through the development of better animal models, ne...

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Main Author: Dana Carroll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:Genome Medicine
Subjects:
Cystic Fibrosis
West Nile Virus
Acquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Chimeric Antigen Receptor
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13073-016-0378-9
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spelling doaj-49a0f26271b44d298807dec929f239082020-11-24T22:23:50ZengBMCGenome Medicine1756-994X2016-11-01811310.1186/s13073-016-0378-9Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applicationsDana Carroll0Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of MedicineEditorial summary The development of the CRISPR-Cas platform for genome editing has greatly simplified the process of making targeted genetic modifications. Applications of genome editing are expected to have a substantial impact on human therapies through the development of better animal models, new target discovery, and direct therapeutic intervention.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13073-016-0378-9Cystic FibrosisWest Nile VirusAcquire Immune Deficiency SyndromeChimeric Antigen ReceptorSomatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
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Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications
Genome Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis
West Nile Virus
Acquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Chimeric Antigen Receptor
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
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title Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications
title_short Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications
title_full Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications
title_fullStr Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications
title_full_unstemmed Genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications
title_sort genome editing: progress and challenges for medical applications
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series Genome Medicine
issn 1756-994X
publishDate 2016-11-01
description Editorial summary The development of the CRISPR-Cas platform for genome editing has greatly simplified the process of making targeted genetic modifications. Applications of genome editing are expected to have a substantial impact on human therapies through the development of better animal models, new target discovery, and direct therapeutic intervention.
topic Cystic Fibrosis
West Nile Virus
Acquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Chimeric Antigen Receptor
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13073-016-0378-9
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