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Health & biology · 2019

Prime editing

A search-and-replace editor that writes small insertions, deletions and all 12 base swaps.

Andrew Anzalone and David Liu reported prime editing in 2019. It can in principle correct most known disease-causing variants, and entered clinical trials by 2024.

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