Accounting for diversity in the design of CRISPR-based therapeutic genome editing

Saha, K. Accounting for Diversity in the Design of CRISPR-Based Therapeutic Genome Editing. Nat Genet, 2023, p. PubMed Text.

Abstract

CRISPR cell/gene therapy has been designed largely based on a single reference human genome. A new study reveals how human genetic diversity could lead to off-target effects and presents a novel tool to identify these risks.