Abstract:
Provided herein are compositions, methods, kits, and viral particles for treating a disease or disorder associated with a deep intronic mutation using an engineered, non-naturally occurring Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR associated (Cas) (CRISPR-Cas) system. In some aspects, provided herein is a self-limiting CRISPER-Cas system.
Abstract:
Compositions and methods for treating macular degeneration are disclosed. The methods utilize IL17 inhibitors, such as IL17 receptors, as well as fusion proteins including an IL17 receptor fused with a multimerization domain, and recombinant viral vectors encoding such fusions.