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Gene-editing therapies not yet ready for human trials, Stanford expert says

Source
South China Morning Post - Business
Source link
https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3364061/gene-editing-therapies-not-yet-ready-human-trials-stanford-expert-says
Published
2026-08-14 10:00:12
Discovered by ProcIntel
2026-08-14 12:11:35
Category
Procurement & Supply Chain News
Geography
China
Organisations
Review status
Pending
Record type
REAL

Summary

Gene-editing therapies for the nervous system may need at least another round of studies before they are safe enough to enter human trials, according to one of the world’s most influential figures in the commercialisation of brain science. “The techniques are reasonably well established for animal experiments, but they really haven’t been as mature for human studies,” said Karoly Nikolich, an adjunct professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, in an exclusive interview with the South...

Procurement Relevance Gate

FAIL — score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-14 12:11:35
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
  • geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"

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