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UK’s NHS Backs World’s Costliest Drug Libmeldy for the Treatment of Rare Disease MLD

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The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has recommended the use of Libmeldy for the treatment of the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). Related: Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data.

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Epigenetic Editing with CRISPR Might Be Easier Than We Thought

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The tool could also prove to be safer than conventional CRISPR-based gene therapies as it does not involve DNA editing, and thus would not cause potentially harmful off-target genomic changes.

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Using CRISPR to Edit the Epigenome Might Be Easier Than We Thought

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The tool could also prove to be safer than conventional CRISPR-based gene therapies as it does not involve DNA editing, and thus would not cause potentially harmful off-target genomic changes.

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