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Vertex developed a CRISPR cure. Now it wants a pill to treat sickle-cell disease.

Posted on December 15, 2023May 29, 2024 by Rana Shakoor Akbar

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Dec

Such drawbacks are why a pill to alleviate sickle-cell, if developed, could sweep CRISPR from the playing field. A pill version could also resolve a brewing moral dilemma: Vertex so far has no plans to offer its gene-editing treatment in those countries where sickle-cell is most common. A wide ribbon of lower-income nations across the […]

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The lucky break behind the first CRISPR treatment

Posted on December 7, 2023May 29, 2024 by Rana Shakoor Akbar

07
Dec

The association technique hasn’t always paid off—but starting in 2007, the gene searches hit pay dirt for sickle-cell. In one study, for instance, a team in Italy studied DNA from thousands of Sardinians (some of whom had beta-thalassemia, another hemoglobin disorder, which is shockingly common on the island) as well from Americans with sickle-cell. When […]

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Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives

Posted on March 7, 2023May 29, 2024 by Rana Shakoor Akbar

07
Mar

Even then, patients won’t get the treatments if insurers and governments balk at paying. It’s a real risk. For instance, a different gene therapy for beta-thalassemia, developed by Bluebird Bio, was pulled out of the European market after governments there refused to pay the $1.8 million price. CRISPR 2.0 The first generation of CRISPR treatments […]

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Vertex developed a CRISPR cure. Now it wants a pill to treat sickle-cell disease.

Technology

The lucky break behind the first CRISPR treatment

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Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives

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