STAT+: ARPA-H launches $160 million effort to develop custom gene editing drugs

ARPA-H, the U.S.’ “moonshot” agency for health research, announced Thursday that it will spend up to $160 million to push forward custom gene editing treatments for a spate of rare diseases. 

The program, called THRIVE, will back seven different teams pursuing various groups of conditions affecting different organ systems. 

Each team has a deadline of starting clinical trials by year three of the program, although some may start much sooner.  

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