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Improved prime editing system makes gene-sized edits in human cells at therapeutic levels

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June 10, 2024

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Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have improved a gene-editing technology that is now capable of inserting or substituting entire genes in the genome in human cells efficiently enough to be potentially useful for therapeutic applications. Source: The Broad Institute