# Engineered virus-like particles for transient delivery of prime editor ribonucleoprotein complexes in vivo

*PRI Rank #9 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #9 |
| 18m citations | 106 |
| Journal | Nature Biotechnology |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41587-023-02078-y |
| Corresponding authors | David R. Liu |
| Institution | Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, United States |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/crispr-and-genetic-engineering/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41587-023-02078-y](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-02078-y)

## Topics

Prime editing · engineered virus-like particles · eVLPs · Ribonucleoprotein · Prime editing · nicking single guide RNAs · eVLPs · eVLPs · eVLPs · transient delivery · genetic blindness · retinal editing · visual function rescue · protein expression restoration · Off-target editing · Transgene removal · in vivo delivery · genomic substitutions · insertions and deletions

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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/crispr-and-genetic-engineering/2026. Accessed 2026-07-21.

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