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Zinc Finger Design AI Tool Opens Door to Large-Scale Gene Therapies (genengnews.com)
16 points by birriel on Jan 28, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



This seems like a pretty major advance...

> can design zinc finger (ZF) proteins to target any stretch of DNA in the human genome, opening a door toward gene therapies for a broader range of health conditions.

> CRISPR is very established for fundamental science, but our system has many advantages for applications in living systems


I don't know who the current leaders are in protein/RNA/DNA synthesis made to order from sequences, I think most of these shops are currently small post-research ventures. The size of these markets is about to _explode_. Talk about an investment opportunity.


Unmentioned elephant in the room… Sangamo and freedom to operate




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