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Some researchers hoping that gene-editing technology can conquer forms of Alzheimer’s caused by genetic mutations.
Last month saw the first-ever approval of a gene therapy that uses the CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing tool, a treatment for the blood conditions sickle-cell disease and β-thalassaemia that works by precisely cutting out a faulty gene in people’s stem cells.
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Nature 625, 13-14 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03931-5
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