CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ Editas Medicine Inc. (EDIT) on Wednesday reported a loss of $53.5 million in its second quarter.

On a per-share basis, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 78 cents.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 84 cents per share.

The genome editing company posted revenue of $6.4 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.3 million.

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