University of Iowa researchers use CRISPR engineering to prevent certain glaucoma in mice

(University of Iowa Health Care) A University of Iowa-led team of researchers has used the gene editing method called CRISPR-Cas9 to disrupt a mutant gene that is responsible for some forms of glaucoma, one of the most common causes of irreversible blindness.
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