Login / Signup

Development of a CRISPR/Cas9-based therapy for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.

Olaya Santiago-FernándezFernando G OsorioVíctor QuesadaFrancisco RodríguezSammy BassoDaniel MaesoLoïc RolasAnna BarkawaySussan NoursharghAlicia R FolguerasJosé M P FreijeCarlos López-Otín
Published in: Nature medicine (2019)
CRISPR/Cas9-based therapies hold considerable promise for the treatment of genetic diseases. Among these, Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, caused by a point mutation in the LMNA gene, stands out as a potential candidate. Here, we explore the efficacy of a CRISPR/Cas9-based approach that reverts several alterations in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome cells and mice by introducing frameshift mutations in the LMNA gene.
Keyphrases