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University of Montreal: World First - 'Prime Editing' Reverses Effects of Rare Illness
May 21, 2025
MONTREAL, Quebec, May 21 -- The University of Montreal issued the following news release:

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A world first: "prime editing" reverses effects of rare illness

After getting next-generation gene therapy at Montreal's CHU Sainte-Justine, an 18-year-old patient with chronic granulomatous disease sees his white cells come back.

This spring at CHU Sainte-Justine, an 18-year-old patient with a rare disease called chronic granulomatous . . .

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