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Gene Editing|Advanced4 min
How Prime Editing Works
Watch prime editing rewrite DNA with surgical precision — the 'search-and-replace' editor that writes new genetic sequences without cutting both strands.
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What You'll Learn
- 1How the pegRNA acts as both guide and template
- 2Why prime editing nicks only one strand (not both)
- 3How reverse transcriptase writes new DNA sequence
- 4What makes prime editing the most versatile editor (all 12 base changes + indels)
Clinical Trials
There are 3+ clinical trials using gene editing technology worldwide.
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