Скачать или смотреть The novel process to treat immune disorders, demystified

Developing gene therapy treatments requires innovative thinking and peering inside an individual cell’s genome to inquire what went wrong. Most methods involve editing genes within a single strand of DNA bit by bit to fix the harmful mutations that are linked to the patient’s disorder. It’s a tedious, costly, complex process that takes years to finesse — but if perfected, it could change the way we treat immune diseases forever.

The Truong Lab, a bioengineering group led by David Truong that investigates human immunology, has dedicated themselves to solving this exact problem. Their novel approach to gene-editing examines large stretches of DNA all at once instead of individual gene pairs. In Truong’s words, where someone might spell check a story word by word, their technique takes in an entire page and corrects every error at once.

How far has Truong’s group gotten in achieving feasible gene-editing? Are we close to treating patients’ unique health issues without charging an arm and a leg? And what on earth does it really mean to edit a gene? Step into the Truong Lab’s mind, where answers await.

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