Zinc Finger Design AI Tool Opens Door to Large-Scale Gene Therapies

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16 pointsbirriel3 comments

This seems like a pretty major advance...

> can design zinc finger (ZF) proteins to target any stretch of DNA in the human genome, opening a door toward gene therapies for a broader range of health conditions.

> CRISPR is very established for fundamental science, but our system has many advantages for applications in living systems

I don't know who the current leaders are in protein/RNA/DNA synthesis made to order from sequences, I think most of these shops are currently small post-research ventures. The size of these markets is about to _explode_. Talk about an investment opportunity.

Unmentioned elephant in the room… Sangamo and freedom to operate

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