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Intellia acquires DNA writing company Rewrite

by Michael McCoy
February 11, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 6

 

Intellia Therapeutics has acquired Rewrite Therapeutics, a developer of DNA-writing technologies, for $45 million plus $155 million in potential milestone payments. Intellia is developing gene-editing therapies based on the CRISPR-Cas9 editing system. The company says Rewrite’s DNA-writing tools, including CRISPR-Cas9-guided polymerases, could provide new ways to edit disease-causing genes.

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