University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dec 23 2024 A new gene editing tool that helps cellular machinery skip parts of genes responsible for diseases has been applied to reduce the formation of amyloid-beta plaque precursors in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report.  The application in live mice shows the improved efficiency of the tool, called SPLICER, over the current standard in gene editing technology, as well as the