Direct correction of haemoglobin E β-thalassaemia using base editors

Direct correction of haemoglobin E β-thalassaemia using base editors

Abstract Haemoglobin E (HbE) β-thalassaemia causes approximately 50% of all severe thalassaemia worldwide; equating to around 30,000 births per year. HbE β-thalassaemia is due to a point mutation in codon 26 of the human HBB gene on one allele (GAG; glutamatic acid → AAG; lysine, E26K), and any muta...

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Main Authors: Mohsin Badat, Ayesha Ejaz, Peng Hua, Siobhan Rice, Weijiao Zhang, Lance D. Hentges, Christopher A. Fisher, Nicholas Denny, Ron Schwessinger, Nirmani Yasara, Noemi B. A. Roy, Fadi Issa, Andi Roy, Paul Telfer, Jim Hughes, Sachith Mettananda, Douglas R. Higgs, James O. J. Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37604-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37604-8

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