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Rewriting the genome produces mouse models of human illnesses


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Many human diseases lack accurate mouse models because it is technically difficult to create extensively genetically humanized mice. A technique that allows large stretches of DNA to be rapidly rewritten in mouse embryonic stem cells can be used to produce improved animal models.

This is a summary of: Zhang, W. et al. Mouse genome rewriting and tailoring of three important disease loci. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06675-4 (2023).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03079-2

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