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Marking One-Year Anniversary of World’s First Personalized CRISPR Gene Therapy
Feb 24, 2026
February 25, 2026 marks one year since KJ, an infant born with severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, became the world’s first person to receive a personalized CRISPR-based gene editing therapy.
Researchers Uncover “Leaky Pipeline” of Escalating Disparities Across the Care Pathway for Pediatric Head Injury Patients
Mar 24, 2026
Behavioral Hydration Program in Landmark Kidney Stone Prevention Trial Increased Urine Output but Didn’t Lower Stone Recurrence Rates
Mar 20, 2026
CHOP and Penn Launch First CRISPR-Based Platform to Pinpoint Drivers of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Patient Cells
Feb 26, 2026
New FDA Plausible Mechanism Framework Spurs Development of Personalized In Vivo Prime Editing Platform for Urea Cycle Disorders
Mar 31, 2026