在变种人性化小鼠中,快速和最终治疗基尿症,并进行校正编辑

Dominique L Brooks1,2,3, Manuel J Carrasco4, Ping Qu1,2,3

  • 1Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Nature communications
|June 10, 2023
PubMed
概括

基尿症 (PKU) 是一种遗传性疾病. 腺基编辑通过纠正PAH基因中的P281L变体,在小鼠模型中使氨酸水平正常化,提供了潜在的一次性治疗方法.

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