Bioactive Materials (Apr 2023)

“Genetic scissors” CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing cutting-edge biocarrier technology for bone and cartilage repair

  • Chao Li,
  • Yawei Du,
  • Tongtong Zhang,
  • Haoran Wang,
  • Zhiyong Hou,
  • Yingze Zhang,
  • Wenguo Cui,
  • Wei Chen

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22
pp. 254 – 273

Abstract

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CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary genome editing technology with the tremendous advantages such as precisely targeting/shearing ability, low cost and convenient operation, becoming an efficient and indispensable tool in biological research. As a disruptive technique, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing has a great potential to realize a future breakthrough in the clinical bone and cartilage repairing as well. This review highlights the research status of CRISPR/Cas9 system in bone and cartilage repair, illustrates its mechanism for promoting osteogenesis and chondrogenesis, and explores the development tendency of CRISPR/Cas9 in bone and cartilage repair to overcome the current limitations.

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