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CRISPR-Based In Vivo Genome Editing and Base Editing

May 27^th, 2020
8:00 am PT, 11:00 am ET, 17:00 CET

CRISPR genome editing tools are driving innovations in precision genetic medicine. However, in vivo delivery of CRISPR components for treating diseases remains a challenge as researchers strive to eliminate or reduce off-target effects, provide transient editing systems, and increase the rates of gene correction in somatic tissue.

In this webinar from The CRISPR Journal and GEN, Dr. Wen Xue will present a modular delivery strategy for homology-directed repair by combining lipid nanoparticle delivery of Cas9 mRNA with adeno-associated viruses (AAV) encoding a sgRNA and a repair template. In a mouse model of human hereditary tyrosinemia, gene correction efficiency of >6% in hepatocytes was achieved after a single application, suggesting the potential of Cas9-based therapeutic genome editing.

Dr. Xue will also discuss advances in base editing, a highly promising tool to correct single-base pathogenic mutations. Efficient base editing requires cellular exposure to levels of base editors that can be difficult to attain in hard-to-transfect cells or in vivo. Dr. Xue will present new results on a chemically modified mRNA-encoded adenine base editor (ABE) that mediates robust base editing. This ABE shows the therapeutic potential in correcting pathogenic mutations in cell and animal models of diseases. Cas9 and ABE mRNA expands the applicability of CRISPR-associated gene-editing tools in vitro and in vivo.

A live Q&A session will follow the presentations, offering you a chance to pose questions to our expert panelists.