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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 hours ago

Scientists Just Confirmed Gene Editing Repaired a Faulty Liver Gene Directly Inside a Human Patient!

www.gadgetreview.com

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Scientists Just Confirmed Gene Editing Repaired a Faulty Liver Gene Directly Inside a Human Patient!

www.gadgetreview.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 hours ago
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Liver biopsy confirmed base editing corrected a disease-causing SERPINA1 mutation in a living human liver, offering stronger evidence than blood tests alone.
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  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Don’t get your hopes up if you or a loved one suffer from AATD but this is extremely cool.

    No detectable bystander edits or off-target alterations were found in the analyzed biopsy sample.

    Wow.

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      Look I’m just out here hoping it works for other organs eventually. It is hard to express what this would mean for those of us suffering genetic maladies.

      • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Oh this is huge stuff that will pay off for a lot of conditions in coming years, it’s just unfortunately not a sign that there is going to be an available treatment for this condition in the pipeline.

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    This is the sort of thing that gives me a lot of hope for the future

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    That’s really great, and a German school involved!

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