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Comment by ip26

2 days ago

Is public perception the greater problem, or delivery? My outsider read has been relatively few diseases can be targeted right now due to payload delivery obstacles

Yes, getting the drug into the right cell or tissue is still largely unsolved (kidney is easier than brain, of course). But the investors we talk with have dropped all interest in gene editing, too risky. RNA-based technologies are great, though - ASOs, siRNAs etc. Investors are very happy with those :)