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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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NOV 30, 2022
Immunology
Leukemia patients are more likely to get autoimmune disorders like aplastic anemia or rheumatoid arthritis than unaffect
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Sure, MACHETE is a cool name, but the researchers that developed the technique are hoping people don't focus solely on t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
In August of this year, a single patient was enrolled in a trial that used CRISPR to correct a genetic mutation that led
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is caused by genetic mutations that lead to the abnormal accumulation of iron in differe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2022
Neuroscience
Lawyer Henry T. Greely analyzes the relevance of Mary Shelley's classic, "Frankenstein," in light of today's bioscience
OCT 20, 2022
Microbiology
Belgium as long been known for its beer, and now, Belgian researchers have used genetic technology to improve the brew.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2022
Microbiology
WHO has estimated that there are almost 300 million people with chronic hepatitis B infections, and there are around 1.5
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2022
Cancer
Point mutations change one or very few nucleotides in DNA, but they cause an estimated 30,000 genetic diseases in humans
...
OCT 08, 2022
Plants & Animals
Fungi can cause a range of infections and problems for humans. However, despite the fact that we encounter and inhale fu
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 27, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In advanced stages of skin cancer, patients develop brain metastases about 90% of the time. Though this is one of the mo
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 22, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 caused many scientists to begin studying infectious disease, in search of ways to stop the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized biomedical research, and has now even been used in the clinic is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Errors in human genes can lead to many different types of diseases, and scientists have been searching for ways to corre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2013, scientists described a method for editing the genome of eukaryotic cells (such at those found in humans) using
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been able to use animal models to study human disease, but there are clear limitations to that approach
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
A team of University of Connecticut researchers are using firefly genes to understand molecular mechanisms involved in t
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 28, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent research has suggested that all eukaryotic life is descended from an Asgard archaea
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Sachin H. Patel/Boston Children's Hospital shows embryonic multipotent progenitor cells in a mouse embryo's
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Genes hold the recipe for proteins, which are made of amino acids. DNA only has four letters, or nucleotides, and each s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There are about three billion bases in the human genome, and each letter is either an adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria, organelles popularly known as powerhouses, are found in every cell, and they are crucial to cell function.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch