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Benjamin L. Oakes

@benjaminloakes.bsky.social
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CEO @ Scribetx.com | at the interface of molecular and genetic engineering | designing CRISPR to be safe enough for all

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Scribe Therapeutics @scribetx.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Next Tuesday, we’re presenting at #GENESRC, the Genome Engineering: Research and Applications conference hosted by @faseborg.bsky.social. Details below on our session about increasing the potency of CasX-based editors to enable safer, more effective CRISPR-based therapeutics. #FASEB #CRISPR
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Scribe Therapeutics @scribetx.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
“In reality, you’re seeing nothing but good data come out of the CRISPR space. I don’t believe the ability to cure patients is going anywhere.” – @benjaminloakes.bsky.social, Scribe CEO in GEN on delivering the full promise of #CRISPR Read more here and our 🧵: www.genengnews.com/topics/genom...
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Advancing CRISPR Cures Requires Cross-Sector Collaboration
Amid a challenging gene editing climate, partnerships between researchers, regulators, and industry remain crucial for pushing CRISPR cures to the clinic.
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Scribe Therapeutics @scribetx.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We’re pleased to announce the achievement of a success milestone in our collaboration with Prevail Therapeutics, a part of @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social’s Gene Therapy Division, to develop in vivo #CRISPR-based therapeutics for neurological and neuromuscular disorders. Highlights below 🧵
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Benjamin L. Oakes @benjaminloakes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The future of medicine is bright — and it’s going to look radically different from today. It’ll be: 🧬 Preventive ⚡ Liberating 🌍 Universal This isn’t science fiction — it’s what we’re building at @ScribeRx. Let me break it down 👇
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Scribe Therapeutics @scribetx.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
#LpaAwarenessDay Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming 18 million lives each year. Did you know that 1 in 5 people have high levels of Lp(a) or lipoprotein(a), which significantly increases the risk of heart disease?
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Benjamin L. Oakes @benjaminloakes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This week, I’ll highlight two recent CRISPR advances: 1) BEAM’s exciting Phase 1 clinical data for BEAM-302. 2) Impressive work from the labs of Scribe’s co-founders @savagecatsonly.bsky.social & @doudna-lab.bsky.social —providing a textbook example of engineering CRISPR enzymes from zero to hero.
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Scribe Therapeutics @scribetx.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
From an interview with our CEO @benjaminloakes.bsky.social, PharmaVoice spotlighted our work engineering #CRISPR genome editing and epigenetic silencing platforms to target cardiometabolic disease. Read the story about our lead asset and progress: www.pharmavoice.com/news/crispr-...
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CRISPR’s cardio catch-all drives a biotech’s broad potential
Scribe Therapeutics hopes to prevent cardiometabolic diseases by targeting underlying causes with CRISPR technology.
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Scribe Therapeutics @scribetx.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Don’t miss @jdfev.bsky.social's late-breaking talk at @keystonesymposia.bsky.social today! 📣 Symposia Spotlight 🪧 Engineering of Next Generation Epigenetic Editors for Enhanced Durable Repression in Non-Human Primates 🕒 3:00-4:30 p.m. GMT 📍 INEC Main Auditorium
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Benjamin L. Oakes @benjaminloakes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🧬 In the near future, my hope is that we can all win the genetic lottery for health—not by chance, but by design. At Scribe, we’re focused on making genetic medicines safe enough for disease prevention at scale and moving beyond gene editing into epigenetic editing.
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Benjamin L. Oakes @benjaminloakes.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As someone with close family affected by ASCVD—and therefore at high risk myself—this mission is personal, urgent and real. We will solve this. Explore our vision for the future of ASCVD treatment—and, more importantly, prevention—below.
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Benjamin L. Oakes @benjaminloakes.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As someone with close family affected by ASCVD—and therefore at high risk myself—this mission is personal, urgent and real. We will solve this. Explore our vision for the future of ASCVD treatment—and, more importantly, prevention—below.
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Benjamin L. Oakes @benjaminloakes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Trying something new—highlighting research that I find enjoyable or useful in CRISPR, molecular engineering, and cardiometabolic disease. To kick things off, here are two new papers: A clever single-cell off-target method and an exploration of how Prime Editors modify global DNA repair
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Benjamin L. Oakes @benjaminloakes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Check it out—we gave our website a fresh new look! 🔥 Like our CRISPR by Design™ approach, this redesign is all about precision and continuous improvement. Whether pushing the boundaries of genetic medicine or refining how we share our work, one thing never changes: at Scribe, the details matter.
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