CRISPR Therapeutics Awarded Grant from Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance to Collaborate with University of Alabama at Birmingham on Gene-edited Treatments for Friedrich’s Ataxia

ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP), a genome editing company focused on creating transformative medicine for serious diseases, today announced the receipt of the Kyle Bryant Translational Research Award from Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), a non-profit organization that is focused on curing Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA). The grant is awarded to fund research on in vivo CRISPR/Cas9-based gene-editing approaches to treat FA, which will be performed in collaboration with Dr. Marek Napierala at University of Alabama at Birmingham. This announcement coincides with FARA’s rideATAXIA Philadelphia event, a lead location in an annual bike ride program founded by patient Kyle Bryant, that increases FA awareness and raises funds to treat and cure FA through research.

 CRISPR Therapeutics Awarded Grant from Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance to Collaborate with University of Alabama at Birmingham on Gene-edited Treatments for Friedrich’s Ataxia