No CRISPR Required: This Forgotten Gene Editing is Up 50% in 5 Weeks

If doctors could fix disease-causing DNA, then some of the most unforgiving diseases could be cured. Therein lies the promise of gene editing. While the technique is a little overhyped relative to our understanding of how to make it work within the human body, the smart money is on the long arc of technological progress. We'll figure it out eventually and investors who hold a diverse basket of gene editing stocks will be handsomely rewarded in the long-run.

What's less certain is which gene editing toolkits will work best. Scientists are beginning to turn away from CRISPR platforms that require cuts to both strands of DNA (the same ones used by the three publicly traded CRISPR pioneers) and explore other gene editing systems, such as CRISPR base editing, CRISPR prime editing, or toolkits that don't use CRISPR at all.

For instance, Precision BioSciences (NASDAQ: DTIL) has developed the ARCUS gene editing system. The platform avoids some of the bigger obstacles facing CRISPR tools, is 100% owned by the company, and has already delivered promising early clinical results. While the gene editing stock tripled in the five weeks since the beginning of November, then crashed 50% in a single day, it's still worth a closer look.

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