Patient-derived Stem Cells (IMAGE)

University of Iowa Health Care

Patient-derived Stem Cells

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Skin cells from a patient with X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa were transformed into induced pluripotent stem cells and the blindness-causing point mutation in the RPGR gene was corrected using CRISPR/Cas9.

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Vinit Mahajan, University of Iowa Health Care

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