Editas Medicine Announces Pre-Clinical Data for Program to Treat Sickle Cell Disease and Beta-Thalassemia
In pre-clinical experiments, human HSCs were edited ex vivo and infused into mice. Four months following transplant, the bone marrow was collected to evaluate engraftment and to assess HSC contribution to blood production. In this study, successful and durable repopulation of the blood system in vivo was observed. In addition, analysis of the relationship between editing frequency and the level of fetal hemoglobin production suggests this proprietary editing approach has the potential to be more potent than other approaches that have been previously reported. These data support the continued development of medicines for people with genetically-defined and genetically-treatable diseases of the blood.
“We are encouraged by these results demonstrating the potential for edited hematopoietic stem cells to provide a durable therapy for patients with β-hemoglobinopathies,” said
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