Sarepta jumps into the CRISPR fray with Duke gene-editing pact

Cambridge-based Sarepta Therapeutics said Tuesday that it will seek to develop drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, jumping into an increasingly competitive but still uncertain field. Sarepta (Nasdaq: SRPT) said it had reached an agreement to exclusively license technology related to CRISPR/Cas9 from Duke University. Researchers there, led by Dr. Charles Gersbach, have shown that the technology can be used in mice to remove mutated parts of genes, or exons,…
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