Personalised CRISPR in 2025: From “One-Size-Fits-All” to Therapy-for-One Medicine
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Abstract
The promise of precision medicine has long rested on a deceptively simple idea: treat the patient, not the disease. In 2025, that aspiration has taken a decisive—almost audacious—turn with the emergence of personalised CRISPR therapies. For decades, pharmacotherapy has pursued standardisation; now, genome editing seems intent on making every treatment a limited edition—occasionally, a single copy.
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