Could gold be the key to making gene therapy for HIV, blood disorders more accessible? Gold nanoparticles loaded with CRISPR and other gene-editing tools safely and effectively edited blood stem cells

Scientists took a step toward making gene therapy more practical by simplifying the way gene-editing instructions are delivered to cells. Using a gold nanoparticle instead of an inactivated virus, they safely delivered gene-editing tools in lab models of HIV and inherited blood disorders.