Gene therapy has long promised to provide a solution for genetic blood disorders, but delivering on that promise has proven complex due to challenges including difficulties delivering the editing ...
Researchers have engineered a new class of adenine base editors that reduce unwanted bystander mutations by two to three ...
The trajectory of base editing has been remarkable, progressing from the laboratory to patient care, treating debilitating or ...
Though he doesn’t remember it, Branden Baptiste had his first sickle cell crisis at age 2. Through elementary school, he was in and out of the hospital with pain episodes, not knowing why. As he got ...
In this talk in GEN’s “The State of CRISPR & Genome Editing” virtual summit, originally broadcast on June 11, 2025, Alexis Komor, PhD, Associate Professor at University of California San Diego and ...
A collaboration between scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and Beam Therapeutics has resulted in a new base editing therapy for Stargardt disease, the most ...
In a global first, scientists have used advanced base editing to repair a deadly gene mutation in a newborn, marking a major leap forward in the treatment of rare ...
A schematic showing the cytosine base editing intermediate and the various outcomes that can occur when the UNG protein is active. You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Juergen Eckhardt leads Bayer’s impact investment unit, Leaps by Bayer. Dr. David Liu, pictured with former lab members Holly Rees ...
MADRID, June 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beam Therapeutics Inc. (BEAM), a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through base editing, today reported data highlighting its ...