The prime editor is a fusion protein consisting of a catalytically impaired Cas9 nickase (Cas9n) and an engineered reverse transcriptase (RT). The Cas9n is guided by a prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA) ...

Discover how prime editing is redefining the future of medicine by offering highly precise, safe, and versatile DNA corrections, bringing hope for more effective treatments for genetic diseases while ...

Prime Medicine, a biotech company that set out to use its more precise approach to gene editing to develop new one-time treatments for rare diseases, is expanding its scope to more prevalent ...

Toward the goal of efficient editing of farm animals for genetic improvements, this study explores an upgraded form of nuclease PE (uPEn). Based on an initial demonstration of its success in editing ...

Prime Medicine announces promising preclinical results for a novel AATD treatment using advanced Prime Editing technology, aiming for clinical trials by mid-2026. Prime Medicine, Inc. announced the ...

Scientists have improved a gene-editing technology that is now capable of inserting or substituting entire genes in the genome in human cells efficiently enough to be potentially useful for ...

Prime Medicine said it has gained FDA clearance for the first human trials of a prime editing therapy as the agency has approved an investigational new drug (IND) application for the company’s first ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Prime Medicine is on track to file the first IND/CTA application for human trials of a prime editing therapy to the FDA during the first half of this year, with the first clinical data ...

For babies born with alternative hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), an extremely rare and severe neurodevelopmental disorder, there may be no obvious symptoms for several months. Then the attacks begin: ...

While researchers have long appreciated the enormous potential of genome editing to treat disease, applications of these technologies in humans have historically been limited by safety concerns. Even ...