The disclosure relates to compositions, methods, and kits for using perillyl alcohol and/or an Argonaute protein (e.g., Ago-2) to deliver a polynucleotide to a cell. The disclosure also relates to compositions, methods, and kits for treating a condition by using perillyl alcohol and/or an Argonaute protein (e.g., Ago-2) to deliver a polynucleotide to a cell. The conditions may be brain vascular diseases and brain tumors.

Provided herein are gene editing systems and/or compositions comprising RNA guides targeting LDHA for use in genetic editing of the LDHA gene. Also provide herein are methods of using the gene editing system for introducing edits to the LDHA gene and/or for treatment of primary hyperoxaluria (PH), and processes for characterizing the gene editing system.

Provided herein are gene editing systems and/or compositions comprising RNA guides targeting HAO1 for use in genetic editing of the HAO1 gene. Also provide herein are methods of using the gene editing system for introducing edits to the HAO1 gene and/or for treatment of primary hyperoxaluria (PH), and processes for characterizing the gene editing system.

A method for gene editing in a vertebrate brain comprising: intravascular administration of a brain penetrable viral vector including a target sequence in a genomic locus of interest and a CRISPR enzyme; genomic integration via Non-Homologues End Joining (NHEJ) in post-mitotic neurons; and editing a monopartite cell-type specific gene via NHEJ knock-in a sgRNA flanked by self-cleaving ribozymes into 3′UTR to use an endogenous promoter for sgRNA expression.

The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating a steatosis-associated disorder by administering a therapeutic agent selected from a lysosomal enzyme, an autophagy-inducing agent, or a combination thereof. Steatosis-associated disorders discussed herein include GSD Ia, GSD Ib, GSD Ic, NAFLD, and NASH. Other embodiments are directed to methods of reversing steatosis, modulating autophagy, inducing autophagy, and reversing glycogen storage.

The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating a steatosis-associated disorder by administering a therapeutic agent selected from a lysosomal enzyme, an autophagy-inducing agent, or a combination thereof. Steatosis-associated disorders discussed herein include GSD Ia, GSD Ib, GSD Ic, NAFLD, and NASH. Other embodiments are directed to methods of reversing steatosis, modulating autophagy, inducing autophagy, and reversing glycogen storage.

The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having a cerebrovascular disease by administering Neurogenic Locus Notch Homolog Protein 3 (NOTCH3) agents, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing a cerebrovascular disease.

Provided herein are methods and compositions for inhibiting p97, for the treatment of a coronavirus infection in a subject, or a symptom thereof. Upon treatment, the coronavirus infection, or a symptom thereof is reduced in the subject.

Provided herein are methods and compositions for increasing fetal hemoglobin levels in a cell by disrupting BCL11A expression at the genomic level. Also provided herein are methods and compositions relating to the treatment of hemoglobinopathies by reinduction of fetal hemoglobin levels.

Disclosed are compositions of lipid nanoparticles (LNP) comprising an ionizable cationic lipid, a phospholipid, a sterol, and a PEG-lipid (non-functionalized and optionally functionalized). The functionalized PEG-lipid can be conjugated with a binding moiety to create a targeted LNP (tLNP). The disclosed tLNP preferentially deliver a nucleic acid molecule or other negatively charged payload to cells expressing a cell surface antigen recognized by the binding moiety of the tLNP, and are better tolerated, as compared to LNPs and tLNPs comprising ionizable cationic lipids found in marketed pharmaceuticals comprising LNPs.