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Shoot the messenger: RNA editing is here

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RNA editing is rapidly gaining prominence as its transient and reversible changes promise a safer and more flexible option to reverse disease-causing mutations than DNA editing.

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    In the version of this article initially published, in the sentence now reading "'We’re seeing durable, consequential editing,' says Paul Bolno, CEO at Wave," there originally appeared an additional mention of editing in non-human primates, which is now removed from the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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Sheridan, C. Shoot the messenger: RNA editing is here. Nat Biotechnol 41, 306–308 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01709-8

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