CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing to the Genetic Rescue

The diverse capabilities of CRISPR-Cas systems now are beginning to have major impacts on the practice of clinical medicine. These encompass not only the initial applications of deletion, addition and modification of genes relevant to human diseases, but also detection of genes in pathogenic microbes and gene-specific delivery of proteins, drugs and cells. Basic concepts and methods involved are briefly described here and will become commonplace soon in clinical medicine.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research