Base editors model mitochondrial disease

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Optimized TALE base editors are used to generate a rat model of mitochondrial disease and then revert the disease mutation in the next generation.

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Fig. 1: TALE-base editors optimized to edit mitochondrial genomes in a rat disease model.

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  1. Institute of Plant Genetics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Patrick Buchholz & Jens Boch

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Jens Boch.

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J.B. is a part owner of a patent covering the use of TALEs.

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Buchholz, P., Boch, J. Base editors model mitochondrial disease.
Nat Biotechnol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02706-9

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