Gene-editing pipeline takes off

@article{Mullard2020GeneeditingPT,
  title={Gene-editing pipeline takes off},
  author={Asher Mullard},
  journal={Nature Reviews Drug Discovery},
  year={2020},
  volume={19},
  pages={367-372}
}
  • Asher Mullard
  • Published 15 May 2020
  • Biology
  • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Clinical trials of genome-editing agents — including CRISPR–Cas9 editors, zinc finger nucleases and TALENs — are pushing ex vivo, immuno-oncology and in vivo treatment frontiers. Clinical trials of genome-editing agents — including CRISPR–Cas9 editors, zinc finger nucleases and TALENs — are pushing ex vivo, immuno-oncology and in vivo treatment frontiers. 
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