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CRISPR-Cas9
CRISPR-Cas9: Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats are segments of prokaryotic DNA containing short, repetitive base sequences. These play a key role in a bacterial defence system,and form the basis of a genome editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas9 that allows permanent modification of genes within organisms. The CRISPR/Cas system is a prokaryotic immune system that confers resistance to foreign genetic elements such as those present within plasmids and phages that provides a form of acquired immunity. It is a unique technology that enables geneticists and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome by removing, adding or altering sections of the DNA sequence.
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DEC 23, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Quick, portable, and ultrasensitive—a new smartphone test for COVID-19 checks all the boxes needed to get a handle ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 15, 2020Plants & Animals
For decades, researchers have tried to understand how insect wings evolved. It seemed that none of the proposed explanat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2020Immunology
Immunotherapies have emerged as a powerful treatment modality for cancer. They join chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has tremendous potential to treat genetic diseases, but sometimes it makes unintended ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
To repair disease-causing errors in the genome, gene editing reagents like those used in CRISPR-Cas9 first have to reach ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
CRISPR-Cas9 was THE buzz word in the world of science after the Nobel Chemistry Prize announcement last week. But depend ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a way to selectively target certain cancer cells with CRISPR.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used model organisms to view the first few hours of development in various organisms. A single cell is f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2020Immunology
The ability to edit the human genome using CRISPR has been heralded as a revolution in medicine. However, one of the big ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2018, obesity impacted about 42% of American adul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2020Cancer
Genome repair is one of the big-ticket research areas for the future of medicine. CRISPR-Cas9 systems can edit the genom ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has changed research and is now making impacts in clinical medicine.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The microbes of the world are locked in a struggle for survival and a battle for resources. They compete directly in dif ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2020Microbiology
There is intense competition for resources in the microbial world, and bacteria have an arsenal of weapons to help them ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been working on ways to use light to control the gene-editing tool CRISPR for several years.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
While heparin is the most commonly prescribed drug in hospitals, we have to extract it from pig intestines, which is fra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene-editing technology has sparked a revolution in biomedical research and is poised to have far-reaching applic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers screened thousands of target molecules to find the most effective targets, and have made their data openly a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, scientists have used the CRISPR gene-editing tool inside of a person's body to treat a serious eye disorder.Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Quick, portable, and ultrasensitive—a new smartphone test for COVID-19 checks all the boxes needed to get a handle
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
For decades, researchers have tried to understand how insect wings evolved. It seemed that none of the proposed explanat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2020
Immunology
Immunotherapies have emerged as a powerful treatment modality for cancer. They join chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has tremendous potential to treat genetic diseases, but sometimes it makes unintended
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
To repair disease-causing errors in the genome, gene editing reagents like those used in CRISPR-Cas9 first have to reach
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
CRISPR-Cas9 was THE buzz word in the world of science after the Nobel Chemistry Prize announcement last week. But depend
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a way to selectively target certain cancer cells with CRISPR.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used model organisms to view the first few hours of development in various organisms. A single cell is f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Immunology
The ability to edit the human genome using CRISPR has been heralded as a revolution in medicine. However, one of the big
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2018, obesity impacted about 42% of American adul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2020
Cancer
Genome repair is one of the big-ticket research areas for the future of medicine. CRISPR-Cas9 systems can edit the genom
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has changed research and is now making impacts in clinical medicine.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The microbes of the world are locked in a struggle for survival and a battle for resources. They compete directly in dif
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2020
Microbiology
There is intense competition for resources in the microbial world, and bacteria have an arsenal of weapons to help them
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been working on ways to use light to control the gene-editing tool CRISPR for several years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
While heparin is the most commonly prescribed drug in hospitals, we have to extract it from pig intestines, which is fra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene-editing technology has sparked a revolution in biomedical research and is poised to have far-reaching applic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers screened thousands of target molecules to find the most effective targets, and have made their data openly a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, scientists have used the CRISPR gene-editing tool inside of a person's body to treat a serious eye disorder.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch