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Emerging from Stealth Mode, Gene Editing Startup Prime Medicine Raises $315M July 14, 2021 Source: CIPhotos/Getty Images Prime Medicine, whose “search and replace” approach to gene editing underpins the second genome editing technology to be commercialized by the lab of David R. Liu, Ph.D., and colleagues, said today it has completed $315 million in financing, ending nearly a year of operation in stealth mode. The financing consists of a $115 million Series A round and a $200 million serie...

The new technique in a lab to fix genes that cause to diseases including sickle cell anemia. the breakthrough builds on an existing method to edit dna called chris burke. except researcher will say that it is a lot more precise. jonathan reporting with more on this. >> very exciting, it is called prime editing, and it may offer a more precise way of correcting dna than current methods. instead of cutting both strands of dna at the same time like a scissors, the prime editor nips one side and ins...