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CRISPR
CRISPR is an abbreviation of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. The name was minted at a time when the origin and use of the interspacing subsequences were not known. At that time the CRISPRs were described as segments of prokaryotic DNA containing short, repetitive base sequences. In a palindromic repeat, the sequence of nucleotides is the same in both directions. Each repetition is followed by short segments of spacer DNA from previous exposures to foreign DNA (e.g., a virus or plasmid). Small clusters of cas (CRISPR-associated) genes are located next to CRISPR sequences.
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SEP 24, 2025Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing system holds tremendous promise. It has already revolutionized biomedical research and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to manipulate gene expression using the gene editing tool CRISPR, and they have shown that i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene editing technology has transformed the research lab, and this powerful tool is now making its way into t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2025Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool has been revolionary for the research lab, and it has also been used to transform the lives ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In a major breakthrough, a patient has been treated with a personalized CRISPR therapeutic that aims to cure their rare ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2025Genetics & Genomics
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The active genes in the body have to be copied, or transcribed into RNA molecules, which are then processed in a variety ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
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Autism is thought to affect about one of every 36 American children. New research has shown that it may be possible to d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 29, 2024Immunology
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The detection of rare variants in the genome can take time and cost a lot of money. In recent years, scientists and clin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool was developed about a decade ago, and since then it has transformed research in the life sc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A single, small mutation can have an impact on other genes that one researcher likens to a "butterfly effect."Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2023Immunology
A gene editing tool using a system known as CRISPR-Cas9 has recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeDEC 13, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Human immunity is an incredibly complex system that have to be very carefully regulated by the body. We need our immune ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
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The causes of autism are still not well understood, although some genes have been identified that play a clear role in s ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing system holds tremendous promise. It has already revolutionized biomedical research and ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to manipulate gene expression using the gene editing tool CRISPR, and they have shown that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene editing technology has transformed the research lab, and this powerful tool is now making its way into t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool has been revolionary for the research lab, and it has also been used to transform the lives
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In a major breakthrough, a patient has been treated with a personalized CRISPR therapeutic that aims to cure their rare
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The active genes in the body have to be copied, or transcribed into RNA molecules, which are then processed in a variety
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes, but that only accounts for roughly two percent of the genom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The trillions of microbes in our gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, is crucial to the body; it aids in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease in which the myelin sheath, an insulation that surrounds nerve cells, is sl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The overwhelming majority of people that think they have the flu never get tested, even when they see a doctor about it,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
While it's normal to be a little anxious about stressful life events or problems, anxiety can also start to interfer
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Autism is thought to affect about one of every 36 American children. New research has shown that it may be possible to d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 29, 2024
Immunology
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their pioneering work in g
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
FEB 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The detection of rare variants in the genome can take time and cost a lot of money. In recent years, scientists and clin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool was developed about a decade ago, and since then it has transformed research in the life sc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A single, small mutation can have an impact on other genes that one researcher likens to a "butterfly effect."
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2023
Immunology
A gene editing tool using a system known as CRISPR-Cas9 has recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
DEC 13, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Human immunity is an incredibly complex system that have to be very carefully regulated by the body. We need our immune
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Autoimmune disorders are incredible complex and can be very difficult to treat, in part because the cause of the disorde
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2023
Cancer
The CAR-T Revolution: Developing T Cells into Cancer Assassins Cancer has long been a formidable foe, but recent
...
OCT 17, 2023
Cancer
Introduction CAR-T therapies represent a new successful strategy for the treatment of hematological malignancies; howeve
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
OCT 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
There are many health problems that can be traced back to errors in the genetic code. There are also many potential bene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The causes of autism are still not well understood, although some genes have been identified that play a clear role in s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch