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ArticleNature biotechnology2025

Machine learning prediction of prime editing efficiency across diverse chromatin contexts.

Nicolas Mathis, Ahmed Allam, András Tálas, Lucas Kissling, Elena Benvenuto, Lukas Schmidheini, Ruben Schep, Tanav Damodharan, Zsolt Balázs, Sharan Janjuha and 5 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. Gigabase-scale deletion scanning of the human genome.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  14. Prime editing of a pathogenicScience translational medicine · 2026
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  20. Evolution of Prime Editing: Enhancing Efficiency and Expanding Capacity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Nicolas MathisInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4051-8344
Ahmed AllamDepartment of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0871-1977
András TálasInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0851-8333
Lucas KisslingInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4989-0695
Elena BenvenutoInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lukas SchmidheiniInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5993-9985
Ruben SchepOncode Institute, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Tanav DamodharanInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-6159-567X
Zsolt BalázsDepartment of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sharan JanjuhaInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Eleonora I IoannidiInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-3005-2684
Desirée BöckInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bas van SteenselOncode Institute, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0284-0404
Michael KrauthammerDepartment of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4808-1845
Gerald SchwankInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. schwank@pharma.uzh.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0767-2953

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation 185293Swiss National Science Foundation 201184Swiss National Science Foundation 214936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of prime editing depends on the prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA) design and target locus. Here, we developed machine learning models that reliably predict prime editing efficiency. PRIDICT2.0 assesses the performance of pegRNAs for all edit types up to 15 bp in length in mismatch repair-deficient and mismatch repair-proficient cell lines and in vivo in primary cells. With ePRIDICT, we further developed a model that quantifies how local chromatin environments impact prime editing rates.

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ChromatinGene EditingMachine LearningAnimalsHumansRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsChromatinRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

Identifiers

PMID38907037
PMCPMC7617539

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