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25 August 2026
Cells | Explore Papers and Special Issues on Genome Editing
We are delighted to share a collection of papers on genome editing published from 2024 to 2025 in the journal Cells (ISSN 2073-4409).
In addition, we would like to highlight several Special Issues related to this topic that are currently open for submission.
1. “CRISPR-Based Gene Therapies: From Preclinical to Clinical Treatments”
by Marine Laurent, Marine Geoffroy, Giulia Pavani and Simon Guiraud
Cells 2024, 13(10), 800; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13100800
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/10/800
2. “CRISPR-Cas9 in Cardiovascular Medicine: Unlocking New Potential for Treatment”
by Klaudia Bonowicz, Dominika Jerka, Klaudia Piekarska, Janet Olagbaju, Laura Stapleton, Munirat Shobowale, Andrzej Bartosiński, Magdalena Łapot, Yidong Bai and Maciej Gagat
Cells 2025, 14(2), 131; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14020131
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/2/131
3. “Nanotechnology-Based Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 for Cancer Treatment: A Comprehensive Review”
by Mohd Ahmar Rauf, Afifa Rao, Siva Sankari Sivasoorian and Arun K. Iyer
Cells 2025, 14(15), 1136; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14151136
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/15/1136
4. “From Bench to Bedside: Translating Cellular Rejuvenation Therapies into Clinical Applications”
by Timur Saliev and Prim B. Singh
Cells 2024, 13(24), 2052; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13242052
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/24/2052
5. “Advancements in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy: A Journey of Progress for Viral Transduction”
by Aurora Giommetti and Eleni Papanikolaou
Cells 2024, 13(12), 1039; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13121039
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/12/1039
6. “A Novel CRISPR-Cas9 Strategy to Target DYSTROPHIN Mutations Downstream of Exon 44 in Patient-Specific DMD iPSCs”
by Neha R. Dhoke, Hyunkee Kim, Karim Azzag, Sarah B. Crist, James Kiley and Rita C. R. Perlingeiro
Cells 2024, 13(11), 972; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13110972
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/11/972
7. “Increasing GSH-Px Activity and Activating Wnt Pathway Promote Fine Wool Growth in FGF5-Edited Sheep”
by Xue-Ling Xu, Su-Jun Wu, Shi-Yu Qi, Ming-Ming Chen, Zhi-Mei Liu, Rui Zhang, Yue Zhao, Shun-Qi Liu, Wen-Di Zhou, Jin-Long Zhang et al.
Cells 2024, 13(11), 985; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13110985
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/11/985
8. “Validation of Clinical-Grade Electroporation Systems for CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Gene Therapy in Primary Hepatocytes for the Correction of Inherited Metabolic Liver Disease”
by Justin Gibson, Abishek Dhungana, Menam Pokhrel, Benjamin Arthur, Pramita Suresh, Olumide Adebayo and Renee N. Cottle
Cells 2025, 14(10), 711; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14100711
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/10/711
9. “Optical Genome Mapping Reveals Genomic Alterations upon Gene Editing in hiPSCs: Implications for Neural Tissue Differentiation and Brain Organoid Research”
by Lucia Gallego Villarejo, Wanda M. Gerding, Lisa Bachmann, Luzie H. I. Hardt, Stefan Bormann, Huu Phuc Nguyen and Thorsten Müller
Cells 2024, 13(6), 507; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13060507
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/6/507
10. “Quiescent OXPHOS-High Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells That Persist After Chemotherapy Depend on BCL-XL for Survival”
by Slawomir Andrzejewski, Marie Winter, Leandro Encarnacao Garcia, Olusiji Akinrinmade, Francisco Madeira Marques, Emmanouil Zacharioudakis, Anna Skwarska, Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, Marina Konopleva, Guangrong Zheng et al.
Cells 2025, 14(19), 1557; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14191557
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/19/1557
11. “Profibrotic Molecules Are Reduced in CRISPR-Edited Emery–Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Fibroblasts”
by Eleonora Cattin, Elisa Schena, Elisabetta Mattioli, Stefania Marcuzzo, Silvia Bonanno, Paola Cavalcante, Federico Corradi, Daniela Benati, Giorgia Farinazzo, Marco Cattaneo et al.
Cells 2025, 14(17), 1321; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14171321
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/17/1321
Relevant Special Issues:
“Targeting Tumor Suppressor Genes for Cancer Therapy”
Guest Editors: Dr. Jogendra Pawar, Dr. Smita Kumari and Dr. Naseem Akhter
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2026
“Genome Editing in Biomedicine”
Guest Editor: Dr. Fu-Lei Tang
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026
Guest Editor: Dr. Rai Ajit K. Srivastava
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2027
