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SUBMITTER: Zeng Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224777 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zeng Yanting Y Li Jianan J Li Guanglei G Huang Shisheng S Yu Wenxia W Zhang Yu Y Chen Dunjin D Chen Jia J Liu Jianqiao J Huang Xingxu X
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 20180814 11
There are urgent demands for efficient treatment of heritable genetic diseases. The base editing technology has displayed its efficiency and precision in base substitution in human embryos, providing a potential early-stage treatment for genetic diseases. Taking advantage of this technology, we corrected a Marfan syndrome pathogenic mutation, FBN1<sup>T7498C</sup>. We first tested the feasibility in mutant cells, then successfully achieved genetic correction in heterozygous human embryos. The re ...[more]