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Polygence Scholar2024
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Adithi Chakkera
Class of 2025
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Projects
- "The Future of Huntington's Disease Treatments through Genetic Editing" with mentor Jessica (Working project)
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The Future of Huntington's Disease Treatments through Genetic Editing
Started May 6, 2024
Abstract or project description
For this project, I will be writing an article about the different ways that gene editing can be used to treat Huntington's Disease, a genetic neurodegenerative disease. I will be discussing some forms of gene editing that can be used to help treat this disease. The gene editing techniques that I will be discussing in this paper are TALEN, CRISPR-Cas9, RNA based treatments, base editing strategies, and ASO. I will be explaining factors of each of the editing techniques, such as how they are used, pros/cons, and use this information to discuss how the gene editing technique can help treat Huntington's Disease.