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Laverock Therapeutics, the gene editing-induced genesilencing platform for human therapeutic applications, has expanded its seed funding round to Â13.5 million.
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those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivo gene therapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies. This relinquishes many of the perceived benefits of RNAi therapies that distinguish them from gene therapy (e.g.,
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