“…Since the first report of AAV-based CRISPR-Cas9 delivery for in vivo genome editing, it has made exciting progress in numerous disease models, including blood disorders 50 , 51 , 52 , metabolic liver diseases 44 , 53 , 54 , 55 , muscular diseases 56 , 57 , 58 , and ocular diseases 59 , 60 . In 2020, in a landmark clinical trial sponsored by Editas Medicines (NCT03872479), AAV became the very first CRISPR-Cas9 delivery vector for direct injection into a patient of Leber congenital amaurosis type 10.…”