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Jul 21, 2026

Broad Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, and Jackson Laboratory Launch $160 Million Center for Rare Disease Gene Therapies

Three major research institutions announced the creation of the Center for Therapeutic Genetics, a nonprofit collaboration aimed at developing standardized genetic medicines, including base and prime editing, for rare and ultra-rare diseases that currently lack treatments.

Jul 21, 2026·9 sources
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  • ▪The Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance on June 2, 2026, aimed at streamlining gene therapy development for rare diseases.
  • ▪The Center for Therapeutic Genetics aims to work with regulators to establish standards that allow individualized genetic treatments to function as repeatable clinical procedures rather than unique drugs.
  • ▪The Center for Therapeutic Genetics plans to openly share its design tools, disease models, safety data, manufacturing processes, and clinical protocols to enable other institutions to replicate its treatments.

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Gene editingGene therapyRare diseases

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