The DNA Rewrite That Medicine’s Been Waiting For
We’ve officially entered the era where editing the human genome isn’t science fiction, it’s now been done, in a teenager, with stunning early results.
For the first time, a patient has been treated with prime editing, a next-generation, ultra-precise form of CRISPR. The teenage recipient, battling chronic granulomatous disease, showed restored immune-cell function in two-thirds of his neutrophils just one month after the procedure.
Unlike classic CRISPR or base editing, prime editing can insert, delete, or rewrite DNA with unprecedented accuracy, like upgrading from a hammer to a scalpel. The technique successfully inserted two missing DNA letters that other tools couldn’t manage.
The process involves editing stem cells outside the body, then reinfusing them post-chemotherapy.
- First-in-human use of prime editing.
- Corrected a mutation no other tool could.
- Boosted immune function without complications.
The future of health may be less about treatment and more about transformation Is this the dawn of programmable medicine—where your DNA becomes editable code instead of fate?
Read the full article on Nature.
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