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ReviewTrends in biotechnology2021

Next-Generation CRISPR Technologies and Their Applications in Gene and Cell Therapy.

M Alejandra Zeballos C, Thomas Gaj

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Review in Trends in biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Treatment of Huntington's disease with a pan-HTT-targeting CRISPR nuclease.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  4. A modified CRISPR/Cas9 approach in silencing the triplication in Down syndrome: A treatment path XISTs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  7. Exploring gene editing as a potential therapeutic strategy for hemophilia.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  18. Efficient correction ofMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Alejandra Zeballos CDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Thomas GajDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Electronic address: gaj@illinois.edu.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Tissue microenvironment (TIMe) training programT32EB019944 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI BHARGAVA, ROHIT, GASKINS, REX · 2016 to 2025
$1.9M
NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB019944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) nucleases has transformed biotechnology by providing an easy, efficient, and versatile platform for editing DNA. However, traditional CRISPR-based technologies initiate editing by activating DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathways, which can cause adverse effects in cells and restrict certain therapeutic applications of the technology. To this end, several new CRISPR-based modalities have been developed that are capable of catalyzing editing without the requirement for a DSB. Here, we review three of these technologies: base editors, prime editors, and RNA-targeting CRISPR-associated protein (Cas)13 effectors. We discuss their strengths compared to traditional gene-modifying systems, we highlight their emerging therapeutic applications, and we examine challenges facing their safe and effective clinical implementation.

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyEndonucleasesHumansEndonucleasesbase editingCRISPRCRISPR-Cas13gene therapyprime editing

Identifiers

PMID33277043
PMCPMC8166939
OpenAlexW3109253806

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Registered trials

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