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Towards therapeutic base editing

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Base editors function in mouse fetuses and in the livers of adult mice to treat a genetic disorder.

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Fig. 1: Base editing can be applied therapeutically for metabolic disorders.

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  1. Center for Genome Engineering, Institute for Basic Science, Daejon, South Korea

    Huiyun Seo & Jin-Soo Kim

  2. Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

    Jin-Soo Kim

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Seo, H., Kim, JS. Towards therapeutic base editing. Nat Med 24, 1493–1495 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-018-0215-3

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