Monday 18 July 2011

Cut-and-paste DNA: fixing mutations with 'genome editing'

Scientists make precise changes to the DNA of a live animal. Could it work for human genetic diseases?
By Dr Jeff Carroll on July 18, 2011 Edited by Dr Ed Wild


Genome editing uses special molecular scissors to cut DNA in cells at exact places. Then new DNA is spliced in at the cut site.


What if we could edit the DNA of patients to remove the Huntington's disease mutation altogether? Sounds like science fiction, but new research in an animal model of hemophilia suggests that it can work - and now HD researchers are on the case.


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Cut-and-paste DNA: fixing mutations with 'genome editing'

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