CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing exploits the CRISPR-Cas system to modify a genome in a targeted manner. Guided by RNA, the Cas9 endonuclease breaks DNA at a target sequence. Imprecise repair of the ...

So why do we call it CRISPR? Cas proteins are used by bacteria to destroy viral DNA. They add bits of viral DNA to their own genome to guide the Cas proteins, and the odd patterns of these bits of ...

Named Science Magazine’s 2015 Breakthrough of the Year, the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system has taken the biotechnology world by storm. CRISPR/Cas9—a technology derived from a naturally occurring ...

as viruses try to inject their DNA into the bacterial genome and bacteria devise cunning methods (e.g. CRISPR) to defend ...

Rare CRISPR systems in bacterial genomes A new study recently ... and their potential applications in various fields, such as genome editing, diagnostics, and understanding cellular activities.

It has emerged as a powerful tool for genome engineering, with applications spanning from basic research to biotechnology and medicine. Bacteria and archaea possess adaptive immunity against foreign ...

In nature, the best-known CRISPR system, CRISPR-Cas9, cuts any RNA or DNA it recognizes as foreign, and thereby protects bacteria from ... indicates that CRISPR-Cas systems employ a wide range ...

CRISPR-Cas9 has long been likened to a kind of genetic scissors, thanks to its ability to snip out any desired section of DNA with elegant precision. But it turns out that CRISPR systems have more ...