"Gene therapy comes of age: We can now edit entire genomes to cure diseases"

"Gene therapy is one area of science that has consistently failed to achieve its therapeutic potential. Now, our abilities may finally be able to unlock some of the promise of real-world DNA manipulation, making hereditary and acquired genetic disease much more treatable. This study marks the beginning of a new era of usability in genetic manipulation, and everyone with DNA stands to benefit. (...) MIT announced that one of the most promising lines of research has achieved its first major goal: researchers have permanently cured a genetic disease in an adult animal."

Gene therapy comes of age: We can now edit entire genomes to cure diseases http://t.co/bmDrek4wgt
— ExtremeTech (@ExtremeTech) April 1, 2014

Genome editing with Cas9 in adult mice corrects a disease mutation and phenotype http://t.co/uGu0xlyZ4P
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) April 2, 2014

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/179536-gene-therapy-comes-of-age-we-can-now-edit-entire-genomes-to-cure-diseases