NEW GENE EDITING TOOL CALLED SPLICER SHOWS PROMISE IN TREATING ALZHEIMER’S Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a gene-editing tool called SPLICER that helps bypass disease-causing gene sections. In tests on mice, it reduced precursors to amyloid-beta plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. SPLICER outperformed current gene-editing methods and may have the potential for treating other diseases. To keep you informed with the latest advancements in Alzheimer’s disease research, I’m sharing excerpts from this December 23, 2024 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign online article by Liz Ahlberg Touchstone, biomedical sciences editor, titled Gene editing tool reduces Alzheimer’s plaque...