All CRISPR articles – Page 2

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    High-efficiency gene-editing tool coaxes fungi into yielding their secrets

    2023-01-09T11:48:00Z

    Using an approach that simultaneously modifies multiple sites in fungal genomes, Rice University chemical and biomolecular engineer Xue Sherry Gao and collaborators coax fungi into revealing their best-kept secrets, ramping up the pace of new drug discovery.

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    CRISPR self-destruct protein may yield new tests for many viruses

    2023-01-06T16:55:00Z

    A recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA and holding potential for the development of at-home diagnostic tests for a wide range of infectious diseases.