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Jun 1, 2026
Scot Wolfe Receives NIH Grant for Muscular Dystrophy Gene Editing Research
Genome editing researcher Scot Wolfe, PhD, is collaborating with muscle biologist Charles Emerson, Jr., PhD, to develop a human muscle xenograft platform for optimizing genome editing therapies for muscular dystrophies.
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Faculty Grants,Genome Editing, MCCB
Jun 1, 2026
Scot Wolfe Awarded NIH Grant for CRISPR Cancer Research
Scot Wolfe, PhD, is developing a CRISPR-Cas9 strategy to selectively destroy cancer cells driven by focal gene amplification.
Collaborative research aims to develop genome editing strategy for frontotemporal dementia
Scot Wolfe, PhD, is part of a multidisciplinary team at UMass Chan developing an effective precision editing approach to correct mutations in the Granulin gene that cause FTD.
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Faculty Grants,Genome Editing, MCCB
Aug 15, 2025
Scot Wolfe featured in RSRT video on genome editing for Rett Syndrome
Scot Wolfe, PhD, was recently featured in a video released by the Rett Syndrome Research Trust, spotlighting cutting-edge efforts to develop genome editing therapies for the devastating neurological disease.