A new CRISPR-Cas toolkit, dubbed "pAblo·pCasso," is set to transform the landscape of bacterial genome editing, offering unprecedented precision and flexibility in genetic engineering.

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 ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — The CRISPR ... that bacteria use to respond to viral ... Aug. 9, 2024 — A 'loopy' discovery in bacteria is raising fundamental questions about the makeup of our own genome ...

CRISPR gene editing is widely regarded as one of the most important leaps in biomedical and agricultural research, with ...

CRISPR-based gene-editing tools are being developed to correct specific defective sections of the genome to cure inherited genetic diseases, with some applications already in clinical trials. However, ...

Plastic-Free Vegan Leather That Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria Apr. 3 ... intelligence and bioengineering to improve how CRISPR Cas9 genome editing tools work on organisms like microbes that ...

All DNA-binding CRISPR-Cas systems use this structure to probe ... This discovery opens doors to future applications in genome editing without the risk of DNA cuts, which could lead to more ...

Using CRISPR technology that targets RNA instead of DNA, researchers at New York University and the New York Genome Center searched across the genome and found nearly 800 noncoding RNAs important ...

These previously unknown coral symbionts have an extremely reduced genome and lack ... the two bacterial species use various ...