Posted on: 2 February 2024, source: Technologynetworks
A single dose of a CRISPR/Cas9 therapy has been successful in treating hereditary angioedema. A group of patients with a hereditary disorder have had their lives transformed by a single treatment of a breakthrough gene-editing therapy, according to the lead researcher. The patients from New Zealand, the Netherlands and the UK have hereditary angioedema, a genetic disorder characterised by severe, painful and unpredictable swelling attacks. These interfere with daily life and can affect airways and prove fatal.