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CRISPR-Based Treatment Successfully Lowers Toxic Protein Levels
A first-of-its-kind gene therapy dramatically reduced misfolded protein levels in some clinical trial participants for up to six months and reduced levels in all participants for up to a year.
CRISPR-Based Treatment Successfully Lowers Toxic Protein Levels
CRISPR-Based Treatment Successfully Lowers Toxic Protein Levels

A first-of-its-kind gene therapy dramatically reduced misfolded protein levels in some clinical trial participants for up to six months and reduced levels in all participants for up to a year.

A first-of-its-kind gene therapy dramatically reduced misfolded protein levels in some clinical trial participants for up to six months and reduced levels in all participants for up to a year.

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